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Sirajuddin Haqqani is the son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, a Pashtun mujahid and military leader of pro-Taliban forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan.. Born in December 1979, Sirajuddin, who has brothers from both of his father's wives (Jalaluddin having also married an Arab woman whose children live with her in the United Arab Emirates) grew up in Pakistan.
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 they supported.
The Haqqani network was founded by Khalil Haqqani's brother Jalaluddin Haqqani. In the mid-1990s they joined Mullah Omar's Taliban regime. [12] The UN determined that Khalil Haqqani engaged in fundraising activities on behalf of the Taliban and the Haqqani network and conducted international travel to obtain financial supporters. [12]
The Badri 313 Battalion (Pashto: بدري ٣١٣ قطعه) is a unit of the Taliban. [7] The unit's name is closely associated with the Haqqani network, which has reportedly provided them with training. [2] [1] Elite Taliban units like the Badri 313 have been reported as being "critical in the taking over of Afghanistan". [8]
The Haqqani network pledged allegiance to the Taliban in 1995, [28] and has been an increasingly incorporated wing of the group ever since. [29] Taliban and Haqqani leaders have denied the existence of the "network", saying it is no different from the Taliban. [28] In 2012, the United States designated the Haqqani network as a terrorist ...
Abdulaziz Haqqani (Pashto: عبدالعزيز حقاني, romanized: Abd-ul-’Azīz Haqqānī, pronounced [(ʔ)abdulaˈziz haqˈqɑni]; born c. 1987 – c. 1989), also known as Aziz Haqqani (Pashto: عزيز حقاني), [1] is an Afghan senior member of the Haqqani network, one of the sons of its former leader Jalaluddin Haqqani, and deputy to his brother Sirajuddin Haqqani.
Khalil Haqqani (1966–2024), senior member of the Haqqani network; Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014), Turkish Cypriot Sufi and leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order; Sayeedur Rahman Haqani, senior member of the Taliban leadership; Sirajuddin Haqqani (born c. 1970), Pashtun military leader; Yahya Haqqani, senior member of the Haqqani network, on ...
During the government of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, the National Reconciliation Policy was developed from the mid-1980s to 1992 by two successive Afghan leaders, Babrak Karmal and Mohammad Najibullah, aiming to end the armed conflict with the Mujahideen and integrate the Mujahideen into a multi-party political process; to get the Soviet Union security forces to withdraw from ...