Prominent Taliban cleric was killed in an attack in a seminary in Kabul when the attacker detonated explosives hidden in an artificial leg.
“Very sadly informed that respected cleric was martyred in a cowardly attack by enemies,” said Bilal Karimi, a spokesperson for the Taliban administration.Four Taliban sources told Reuters the attacker was someone who had previously lost his leg and had hidden the explosives in a plastic artificial leg.tap here to see other videos from our team“We are investigating who this … person was and who had brought him to this important place to enter the personal office of Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani.
Haqqani was a prominent cleric in the Taliban who had survived previous attacks, including a large blast in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar in 2020 claimed by the Islamic State that killed at least seven people. The Taliban say they have restored security since they took over as foreign forces withdrew almost a year ago. However, regular attacks, many of them claimed by Islamic State, have taken place in recent months, often targeting religious and ethnic minorities as well as Taliban leaders.
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