The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide explosion at the ministry’s offices in the capital Kabul, a government source told AFP.
“Unfortunately an explosion happened at the Ministry of Refugees and minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani has been martyred along with some of his colleagues,” the official said, requesting not to be named.
He added that the explosion was caused by a suicide blast.
Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani — who is on the US sanctions list and never appears without an automatic weapon in his hand — was the brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani, who founded the feared Haqqani network responsible for some of the most violent attacks during the Taliban’s two-decade insurgency.
He was also the uncle of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the current interior minister.
The Haqqanis are said to be…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
