Haqqani Network Will Play An Important Role In Afghanistan
Haqqani network will play an important role in the new Taliban government, this group is at the fore of cruelty, has been taking help from the Pak army.
Top leaders of the Taliban, who are tightening their grip on Afghanistan, are busy in Kabul to form a new government. Representatives of the Haqqani network are also involved in this exercise.
It is understood that the country’s most dreaded terrorist organization Haqqani Network will have an important role in the government.
The Haqqani network has been behind the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan in recent years. This terrorist organization has never hesitated to take the lives of civilians, government officials, and foreign soldiers.
Haqqani network will play an important role: About Haqqani faction.
This group was formed by Jalaluddin Haqqani. He had gained a reputation as a jihadist hero during the Soviet occupation days of the last century.
At that time, he was considered an asset of the US intelligence agency CIA. He used to get a lot of money and arms from Pakistan.
During that conflict and after the withdrawal of Soviet forces, Jalaluddin Haqqani formed close ties with many foreign jihadists, including Osama bin Laden.
He later occupied Afghanistan in 1996 in an alliance with the Taliban and brutally ruled as minister to the Islamic regime until US-led forces began bombings in 2001.
In 2018, the Taliban announced the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani due to illness. Now his son Sirajuddin is the head of the network.
By the way, he was made the deputy commander of the organization in 2015 itself.
Due to its strength and combat capability, this faction managed to maintain its separate identity even while living with the Taliban.
This faction, which has its influence in eastern Afghanistan and across the border in Pakistan, is considered the most dangerous.
Sirajuddin’s younger brother Anas recently held talks with former President Hamid Karzai and former chief executive Abdullah Abdullah regarding the formation of a new government.
There was a time when Anas was sentenced to death by putting in jail by the previous government.
Carried out several major attacks.
The Haqqani network is considered responsible for some of the deadliest and most shocking attacks in Afghanistan during the past two decades.
The US and the United Nations have banned this group. It is more known for suicide bombers.
Targeting military installations and buildings of embassies, including a driver full of explosives in cars and trucks, is his left-handed game.
According to the US National Counter-Terrorism Center, in October 2013, Afghan forces intercepted a Haqqani faction truck in eastern Afghanistan that was carrying about 28 tons of explosives.
The group was accused of attempting to assassinate then-President Karzai in 2008. Apart from this, this group has also been involved in the murder and kidnapping of many big personalities of the country.
The faction is also suspected of longstanding links with the Pakistani military establishment.
UN Monitor said in a June report that the Haqqani network is always on the verge of death.
The Monitor also described it as a “primary link” between the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The Haqqani network has emerged as a major player in the future Taliban government.
At least two of its leaders are currently in Kabul and are active in talks.
Experts believe that Sirajuddin Haqqani’s promotion to the rank of deputy commander six years ago has strengthened his claim to join the government.
Sirajuddin Haqqani also wrote an AAP-ed article in The New York Times last year.
In this article, he outlined the Taliban’s position on US talks and the conflict in Afghanistan. In lacquered language, he had tried his best to hide the violent acts of his faction.
While Anas Haqqani has interacted with Karzai in the past, his uncle Khaleel Haqqani was seen offering prayers in Kabul on Friday.
Both Sirajuddin and Khaleel are still on America’s Most Wanted list and both have a bounty of millions of dollars.
