Mohammed Naeem knew the Kabul street where he and his brothers built matching apartment buildings was too narrow, but he was still in disbelief as their homes were reduced to rubble to widen the road.

The Taliban's Minister for Refugees, Chalil Haqqani, was killed in an attack on Wednesday. According to official sources, a suicide bomber attacked the ministry in Kabul. The 58-year-old had been appointed to the post shortly after the Islamists came to power.

An Islamic State suicide bombing in Kabul on Wednesday killed a Taliban minister who was a senior member of the notorious Haqqani family, with a U.S. bounty on his head for terrorist activities, in the highest-profile casualty since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan three years ago.