Khalil Rahman Haqqani[a] (Pashto: خلیلالرحمن حقاني, pronounced [xalilʊrahˈmɑn haqɑˈni]; c. February 1966[1][b] – 11 December 2024) was an Afghan Pashtun, Mujahideen leader and Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
[10][8] He was listed with the title of a Haji and supposed to be residing in Peshawar, Miram Shah, North Waziristan Agency in Pakistan and in Paktia Province of Afghanistan.
[11] On 9 February 2011, the United Nations added Khalil Haqqani to the 1988 Sanctions List (TAi.150), pursuant to paragraph 2 of resolution 1904 (2009), for association with al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden or the Taliban for "participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of" or "otherwise supporting acts or activities of" the Taliban.
[6][13] On 7 September 2021, Khalil Haqqani was appointed Minister of Refugees for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime.
According to a report issued by IS's news outlet Amaq, an IS-KP militant waited outside the minister's office and detonated explosives as he walked out.