Reliable sources in Kabul have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban’s intelligence agency has arrested two employees of the Ministry of Refugees on charges of involvement in the assassination of Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban’s Minister of Refugees.
No further details regarding the identities of the arrested individuals have been disclosed.
It remains unclear what roles the detainees held within the ministry and whether they were employees from Afghanistan’s previous government or recruited by the Taliban.
Sources revealed on Saturday, December 14, that the attacker waited for hours within the Ministry of Refugees compound, targeting Khalil Haqqani before detonating the explosives he was carrying.
According to these sources, Haqqani often met visitors to the ministry in person. The suicide bomber reportedly detonated the explosives upon approaching Haqqani at close range.
The attack, which occurred on Wednesday, December 11, claimed the lives of Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani and at least six others.
The Taliban is yet to provide any information about the arrests or clarify whether additional individuals beyond the two ministry employees have been detained in connection with the incident.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the assassination. Taliban officials reported that the attacker had hidden the explosives in a plastered arm.
