International Desk : Afghanistan’s minister, Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, has been killed in an explosion in Kabul on Wednesday.

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His death was confirmed by his nephew, Anas Haqqani, Reuters news agency reported. Interior Ministry officials told The Associated Press news agency the explosion was caused by a suicide bombing. A government source, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the explosion happened at the Ministry of Refugees in Kabul.

The Taliban leadership has not yet confirmed Haqqani’s death, and there has been no claim of responsibility.

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Haqqani became a minister in the Taliban’s interim government after foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021.

He was a senior leader of the powerful Haqqani Network, responsible for a number of violent attacks during the Taliban’s two-decade armed campaign, according to the US State Department.

Haqqani, who was handling the incoming refugee crisis in Afghanistan, was also the uncle of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the current interior minister.

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