Taliban Host Families Of Suicide Bombers, Give $111, Clothes And Land
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Sirajuddin Haqqani, a Taliban member considered the "acting interior minister," and one who has a $10 million US bounty on his head, met families of suicide bombers in Kabul and gave them clothing, $111 cash, and promises of land.
The Taliban praised suicide bombers who died during the war against the former government and its Western allies, and offered their families sums of cash and promises of land, the movement's interior ministry said in a statement.
Sirajuddin Haqqani, a Taliban member considered the "acting interior minister," and one who has a $10 million US bounty on his head as a "specially designated global terrorist", met the families at a ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, which was itself targeted by suicide bombers in 2018.
Official photographs of the meeting on Tuesday obscured his face.
"In his speech, the minister praised the Jihad and sacrifices of the martyrs and Mujahidin and called them heroes of Islam and the country," the Taliban's "acting ministry" said in a statement on Twitter.
