UN official meets Afghan terrorist-turned-minister Sirajuddin Haqqani to discuss humanitarian aid

Haqqani has a USD 5 million US bounty on his head. He is suspected of organising a series of bombings in Kabul in 2008 and plotting the assassination of then-Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Kabul: A UN official met with Afghanistan`s new interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is one of the world`s most wanted terrorists, and discussed the ongoing situation of Afghanistan and humanitarian aid. According to Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen, Haqqani met Deborah Lyons, head of UNAMA, and her delegation on Wednesday.

"Sirajuddin Haqqani, Minister of Interior, IEA, met Head of UNAMA Deborah Lyons and her delegation yesterday. They discussed the ongoing situation of Afghanistan and humanitarian aids. IEA Interior Minister stressed that UN personnel can conduct their work without any hurdle," he tweeted.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of the notorious Haqqani network, was named as interior minister earlier this month. The network is a US-designated terror group aligned with the Taliban and al Qaeda.