Taliban laud suicide bombers as ‘martyrs’, promise land, cash reward to kin

Calling them “heroes of Islam and the country”, the Taliban have promised plots of land and cash rewards to the families of suicide bombers who attacked US and Afghan soldiers.

The Taliban have promised plots of land to relatives of suicide bombers who attacked US and Afghan soldiers, in a provocative gesture that seems to run counter to their efforts to court international support.

The Taliban's acting interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, offered the reward to dozens of family members of bombers gathered at a Kabul hotel, Interior Ministry spokesman Saeed Khosty tweeted on Tuesday.