United States lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, says Kabul

Sirajuddin Haqqani, speaks during the funeral prayers of Khalil Haqqani, the minister for refugees and repatriation, during his funeral procession (AP/Saifullah Zahir)

The US has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, officials in Kabul said on Sunday.

Among them was interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who acknowledged planning a January 2008 attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul, which killed six people, including US citizen Thor David Hesla.