The suicide bombing in Kabul on Wednesday took four lives, including Taliban’s Refugee Minister Khalil Haqqani.

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan three years ago, and the deceased Haqqani was the first cabinet member of the Taliban to lose his life. Haqqani is reportedly the most senior Taliban casualty.

No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. 

“We have received with great sadness the news that the minister of refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, was martyred this afternoon in a ferocious attack by the Khawarij (enemy),” said a statement released by Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani.

“Haqqani was a member of a great jihadi family. The enemies of Islam had set a 5-million-US dollar bounty for his elimination,” the statement added.

Four people, including the acting minister, were killed, and four others, including Haqqani's guards, were critically injured following the attack, an official from the Ministry of Interior 

Security personnel have sealed off all roads to the ministry, and stringent regulations are currently enforced within the vicinity.

(With inputs from Syndicated feed)

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