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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Son of ‘the father of Taliban’ among five killed in suicide blast at Islamic seminary in Pakistan

Film. Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary has taught several Taliban leaders over the years - (AFP via Getty)

A suicide bomb blast at an Islamic seminary in Pakistan’s restive northwest killed a prominent cleric and four other people during Friday prayers.

The blast occurred just a day before the start of the fasting month of Ramadan at a seminary known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban in Akora Khattak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, district police chief Abdul Rashid said.

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