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Jalaluddin Haqqani (Pashto: جلال الدين حقاني, romanized: Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥaqqānī) (1939 – 3 September 2018) was an Afghan insurgent commander who founded the Haqqani network, an insurgent group who fought in guerilla warfare against US-led NATO forces and the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government that they supported.
May 22, 2024 · The founder of the Haqqani network, Jalaluddin Haqqani, rose to prominence as a guerrilla leader in the 1970s and ’80s. A member of the Pashtun Jadran (Zadran) tribe from Paktiyā province in southeastern Afghanistan, Haqqani was educated in religious schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Haqqani network was founded in 1970 by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a fundamentalist of the Zadran tribe, who fought for Yunus Khalis's mujahideen faction against the Soviets in the 1980s. Jalaluddin Haqqani died in 2018 and his son Sirajuddin Haqqani now leads the group.
Sep 4, 2018 · Jalaluddin Haqqani was a Cold War ally of the C.I.A. Through his son’s Taliban leadership, his group has become central to the war against the Americans.
Sep 8, 2021 · Now that the Taliban has announced an interim government, we wanted to dig in on a familiar name - Haqqani. Sirajuddin Haqqani has been named acting interior minister.
- Mary Louise Kelly
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Sep 3, 2018 · Jalaluddin Haqqani was an Afghan guerrilla leader who fought Soviet troops when they occupied Afghanistan in the 1980s. US officials have admitted that at the time he was a prized asset...
Sep 4, 2018 · The founder of the Haqqani network, a powerful and feared group that has carried out many attacks in Afghanistan, passed away after several years of illness, the Taliban announced. Jalaluddin Haqqani was a former CIA asset who fought against the Soviets and later allied with the Taliban.
