Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani | |
|---|---|
| شیخ رحیم الله حقاني | |
| Died | 11 August 2022 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Education | Darul Uloom Haqqania |
| Occupation(s) | Islamic scholar, director of Afghan Madrasas, principal at Madrasah Zubaria, and Taliban commander |
| Known for | Tough stance on ISIS |
Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani (Pashto: شیخ رحیم الله حقاني) (died; 11 August 2022) was an Afghan Islamic scholar and director of Afghan Madrasas and principal at Madrasah Zubaria in Peshawar. Haqqani also led a brigade of the Afghan Taliban in Nangarhar province. He was a former student of Darul Uloom Haqqania.[1] He was student of Shaikh Idrees. [2]
Haqqani had a tough stance on ISIS. He was considered very close to the Afghan Taliban. Haqqani used to work as a principal at Madrasah Zubaria in Peshawar's Deer Colony in Pakistan. After the survival of the Peshawar blast, Rahimullah Haqqani blamed the attack on Khawarij. The Afghan Taliban use the term Khawarij for extremists affiliated with ISIS.[3]
Assassination attempts[edit]
There were two attacks on him in Peshawar in which he was safe. He also have a madrassa in Peshawar where a suicide attack took place in October 2020.[4] Haqqani was also unsuccessfully attacked in Peshawar's Ring Road in 2013.[5][6]
Death[edit]
He was killed on 11 August 2022 in a suicide attack in a seminary in Kabul, the Afghan capital. The said seminary belonged to Rahimullah Haqqani, and he was the target of this suicide attack.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kabul blast: Top Taliban cleric killed in blast, kamikaze hidden in prosthetic leg | Rahimullah Haqqani, a high-ranking cleric of the Taliban, was reportedly killed in an explosion in KabulGTN News".
- ^ "رحیم اللہ حقانی: خواتین پر پابندیوں کے مخالف معتدل طالبان رہنما داعش کا نشانہ کیوں بنے؟". BBC. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Extremism and Terrorism Trends in Pakistan: Changing Dynamics and New Challenges". 18 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Peshawar blast". Dawn. Pakistan. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Rahimullah Haqqani: Afghan cleric killed by bomb hidden in artificial leg - reports". BBC News. 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Prominent Taliban cleric Rahimullah Haqqani killed in suicide blast in Kabul". Daily Pakistan Global. 11 August 2022.
- ^ Yawar, Mohammad Yunus; Ahmad, Jibran (11 August 2022). "Taliban cleric killed in blast in Kabul - officials". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.