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Jalaluddin Haqqani ( Pashto: جلال الدين حقاني, romanized: Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥaqqānī) (1939 – 3 September 2018) [4] [5] 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 ...
May 22, 2024 · The Haqqani network is a Pashtun militant network based in eastern Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan. Founded by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a guerrilla leader from the Pashtun Jadran (Zadran) tribe, the network originated during the Afghan War (1978–92) and became a prominent ally of the Taliban in the 1990s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 4, 2018 · September 4, 2018 / 4:19 AM EDT / AP. ISLAMABAD -- The founder of Afghanistan's much-feared Haqqani network, a former U.S. ally turned fierce enemy, has died after years of ill health, a Taliban...
A warlord and head of the Taliban in North Waziristan, Jalaluddin Haqqani is believed to be the architect of the Taliban's current attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan and he's...
The Haqqani network is an Afghan Islamist group, built around the family of the same name, [17] that has used asymmetric warfare in Afghanistan to fight against Soviet forces in the 1980s, and US -led NATO forces and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government in the 21st century.
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. He is a leader of the ...
- Mary Louise Kelly
Sep 4, 2018 · Haqqani, a fluent Arabic speaker, cultivated the Arab fighters who flocked to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets. Through those years, he maintained these ties to...
