
UN condemns suicide attack on Afghan minister
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on December 12 condemned an attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed the refugees minister and several others. The Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, was killed on December 11 afternoon in a suicide bombing at the ministry’s offices in the capital Kabul. “There can be no place for terrorism in the quest for stability,” the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on X, offering condolences to the victims’ families. The European Union and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation also condemned the attack, along with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran. Haqqani — who is on US and UN sanctions lists and never appeared without an automatic weapon in his hand — was the brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the feared Haqqani network responsible for some of the most violent attacks during the Taliban’s two-decade insurgency. He was…...