Suicide blast in Afghanistan’s capital marks the highest-profile casualty since the Taliban retook power three years ago.

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.

Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban’s minister for refugees and repatriation, was killed Wednesday in a suicide bombing at his office in Kabul, marking the highest-profile casualty since the group retook power three years ago.