He used his prosthetic leg.. Suicide bomber kills Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani in Kabul

Today, Thursday, the Afghan police confirmed the killing of the prominent hadith scholar Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani and his brother, and the injury of 3 others.

In a suicide bombing targeting a religious school in the capital, Kabul.

In a statement posted on SITE, a website that monitors Islamic websites, ISIS claimed responsibility for the bombing, which was carried out by a suicide bomber who managed to enter Haqqani's office and detonated his explosive vest.

"Unfortunately, we have been informed that the venerable cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was martyred in a cowardly attack carried out by our enemies," said Bilal Karimi, a spokesman for the Taliban government.

Sources told Reuters that the attacker had previously lost his leg and had hidden the explosives in a plastic replacement leg.

A senior official in the Ministry of Interior said, "We are investigating to find out who this person is, and who brought him to this important place to enter the personal office of Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani," describing what happened as a very great loss for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in reference to the name given by the Taliban to Afghanistan. .

The divine scholar Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was martyred in an attack in the city of Kabul.

Deputy government spokesman, "Bilal Karimi," confirmed the news, and said that Mawlawi Rahimullah Haqqani was martyred today in a cowardly attack launched by the vile enemy.

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Haqqani, a prominent Taliban cleric, has survived previous attacks, including a massive explosion in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar in 2020.

Taliban sources reported that Rahimullah Haqqani was an influential figure despite not having held any official position, and had taught many members of the group over the years.

In recent months, Rahimullah Haqqani has supported girls' right to go to school, saying in a BBC interview in May, "There is no justification in Sharia to say that female education is not allowed, absolutely no justification." ".

The Taliban say they have achieved security in Afghanistan, which they seized control of nearly a year ago after the withdrawal of foreign forces.

However, there are regular attacks, many of which are claimed by the Islamic State, mostly targeting religious and ethnic minorities and Taliban leaders.