One-legged suicide bomber uses artificial leg stuffed with explosives to murder anti-ISIS cleric who was in favour of female education in Afghanistan
- Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was reportedly killed in attack in a seminary in Kabul
- It has been claimed the Islamic State (IS) group took responsibility for the blast
- The religious leader had issued a religious decree supporting female education
- He is one of highest profile killings in country since Taliban returned to power
A prominent Taliban cleric has been murdered by a one-legged suicide bomber who had stuffed his artificial leg with explosives in Kabul today, according to officials and Taliban sources.
Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, who was in favour of female education in Afghanistan, was reportedly killed in an attack in a seminary when the attacker detonated explosives hidden in his plastic limb.
'Very sadly informed that respected cleric (Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani) was martyred in a cowardly attack by enemies,' said Bilal Karimi, a spokesperson for the Taliban administration.
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