AFP says that ISIS claimed responsibility for the killing of Taliban influential Maulvi Rahimullah Haqqani. They announced the name of the suicide bomber as "Khalid al-Loghri". #Taliban #Afghanistan #CivilWar

"Rahimullah Haqqani was killed "in an attack carried out by a cowardly enemy" in his religious school, said Bilal Karimi, the deputy spokesman for the Taliban government. 

The government has not commented further on the attack. 

The extremist Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to its channel on Telegram. 

RFE/RL's Radio Azadi quoted a source as saying a disabled person attacked Haqqani and that at least six other people were killed. 

Haqqani, originally from Nangarhar Province, was an important Taliban supporter and a famous scholar of Hanafi Islam. He was known for having heated religious discussions with Salafi religious scholars. 

Although nothing is known about Haqqani's official position in the Taliban government, he was said to be a member of the Taliban Ulama Council." 

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