Khalil Haqqani’s brother Jalaluddin was a famous guerrilla leader who fought Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s and founded the Haqqani network, which was behind many attacks during the Taliban’s two-decade insurgency.
Sirajuddin Haqqani, the minister’s nephew and Jalaluddin’s son, is currently the interior minister of the Taliban government.
The overall security situation in Afghanistan has improved since the Taliban took full control with the complete withdrawal of foreign troops in 2021, but dozens of bombings and suicide attacks continue to occur in the country every year.
Many of the claims were made by the Islamic State (ISK) Khorasan Province (ISKP), a local affiliate of the Taliban’s main rival, the Islamic State (IS).
