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VOA Afghan: Killing of Taliban minister could widen divisions within the group, analysts say


FILE - Afghanistan's minister for refugees Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, center, looks on as he arrives to inspect a refugee camp near the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on Nov. 2, 2023.
FILE - Afghanistan's minister for refugees Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, center, looks on as he arrives to inspect a refugee camp near the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on Nov. 2, 2023.

The killing of the key Taliban minister shows the security challenges that the Taliban face and could widen the divisions within the Taliban, say analysts. The Taliban said Wednesday that the acting minister of refugees and repatriation, Khalil-Ur-Rahman Haqqani and his four associates were killed in a suicide bombing that occurred within the ministry’s building in Kabul. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast.

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