{"id":94689,"date":"2024-12-11T12:25:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T12:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=94689"},"modified":"2024-12-11T12:25:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T12:25:31","slug":"taliban-minister-khalil-rahman-haqqani-killed-in-kabul-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2024\/94689\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban minister Khalil Rahman Haqqani \u2018killed in Kabul blast&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan (National Times)- PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban&#8217;s acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, has been killed in a blast in the country&#8217;s capital Kabul, his nephew Anas Haqqani said on Wednesday. Khalil Haqqani became a minister in the Taliban&#8217;s interim government after foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021. He was a senior leader of the Haqqani network, a group blamed for major attacks during the 20-year war, according to the US State Department. Khalil was the brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani, who founded the feared Haqqani network. The deceased minister was also the uncle of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the current interior minister of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan (National Times)- PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban&#8217;s acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, has been killed in a blast in the country&#8217;s capital Kabul, his nephew Anas Haqqani said on Wednesday. Khalil Haqqani became a minister in the Taliban&#8217;s interim government after foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021. 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