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Maulvi Rahimullah Haqqani is considered the ideological mentor of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the current Interior Minister of Afghanistan.
Rahimullah was an Islamic scholar of the Taliban as well as a staunch supporter of the terrorist ideology.
No organization has claimed responsibility for this suicide blast.
New Delhi: A big news has come out from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, the Taliban’s main religious cleric, was killed in an explosion in one of the capital’s districts on Thursday. Rahimullah was an Islamic scholar of the Taliban as well as a staunch supporter of the terrorist ideology.
According to a report in Tolo News, Haqqani’s death was confirmed by Islamic Emirate’s deputy spokesman Bilal Karimi. Haqqani was killed in a suicide bombing. At present, the police has started the investigation of this blast case.
A tweet by Tolo News said Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, considered a religious scholar, has died in an explosion at a school in Kabul. Islamic Emirate’s deputy spokesman Bilal Karimi confirmed the death of Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani.
Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, one of the religious scholars, was killed in an explosion at his school.
Deputy spokesman for the Emirate of Islam, Bilal Karimi, confirmed the death of Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani.
This religious scholar is said to have died in an explosion at his school in Kabul today.#toy pic.twitter.com/GUBRGx6NH5— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) 11 August 2022
Maulvi Rahimullah Haqqani is considered the ideological mentor of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the current Interior Minister of Afghanistan. Rahimullah was also very active on social media. A social media account also has millions of followers.
This incident of explosion took place in a madrasa in Kabul. According to reports, it was a suicide attack in which Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was killed. It is being told that the suicide bomber was wearing a prosthetic leg and had explosives in it. He carried out the explosion with the help of detonator.
Let us tell you that this is the second time in the last 15 days that there has been a blast in Kabul. However, it is not yet clear who is behind this suicide attack. So far no organization has claimed responsibility for this.
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First Published: 11 August 2022, 19:45 IST