Taliban says US has lifted $10 million reward for information on Sirajuddin Haqqani


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  • Sunday, 23 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: Afghan Taliban's acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani speaks during the anniversary event of the departure of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

KABUL (Reuters) - The United States has lifted a $10 million reward offer for information leading to the arrest of a major Taliban leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Afghan interior ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.

The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to request for comment. The FBI still lists the reward on its website, saying Haqqani was "believed to have coordinated and participated in cross-border attacks against United States and coalition forces in Afghanistan".

(Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar in Kabul, Mushtaq Ali in Peshawar and Philip Stewart in Washington; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Alison Williams)

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