The minister for refugees in Afghanistan’s Taliban government was killed in an explosion on Wednesday at the ministry’s headquarters in the capital Kabul, multiple senior officials with Taliban regime told media.
The blast at the Ministry of Refugees killed minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, two officials.
A senior official at the Taliban-run Ministry of Interior later told media that the minister was killed in a suicide attack along with at least four of his associates.
The Taliban’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, later confirmed Haqqani’s death in the attack and blamed the country’s ISIS branch.
The Interior Ministry official said that the assailant had disguised himself as a visitor, pretending to have a physical disability, before targeting Haqqani with his explosive device as the minister left his office to attend prayers
