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Afghan Minister Khalil Haqqani killed in Kabul explosion

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KABUL: The Afghan Taliban’s acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, has been killed in a blast in the country’s capital, Kabul, his nephew Anas Haqqani said on Wednesday.

Khalil 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 Haqqani Network, a militant group blamed for major attacks during the 20-year war, according to the US State Department.

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