Khalil Haqqani
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi
December 11, 2024
Khalil Haqqani, the refugee minister in Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration, has been killed in an explosion in the capital, Kabul, two sources from inside the government told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi on December 11.
The sources said the blast, which occurred inside the ministry’s compound, killed others as well, though no details were given.
Haqqani, the uncle of the Taliban’s acting interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, is the first senior cabinet member to be killed in an explosion since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as international forces withdrew from the war-torn country.
The United States designated Khalil Haqqani as a global terrorist on February 9, 2011 and had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture.
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