Jalaluddin Haqqani
Jalaluddin Haqqani جلال الدين حقاني | |
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(1995-2018) | |
Years of service | 1970s–2018 |
Battles/wars |
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Relations | Khalil Haqqani (brother) Sirajuddin Haqqani (son) Anas Haqqani (son) Abdulaziz Haqqani (son) |
Jalaluddin Haqqani (
He distinguished himself as an internationally sponsored
Media reports emerged in late July 2015 that Haqqani had died the previous year. According to the reports, he died in Afghanistan and was buried in Khost Province of Afghanistan.[11] These reports were denied by the Taliban and some members of the Haqqani family.[12][13] On 3 September 2018, the Taliban released a statement announcing that Haqqani had died after a long illness in Afghanistan.[3]
Early life
Jalaluddin was born in 1939 in the village of Karezgay in the
After
Military career
Mujahideen commander
In the 1980s, Jalaluddin Haqqani was cultivated as a "unilateral" asset of the CIA and received tens of millions of dollars in cash for his work in fighting the Soviet-led Afghan forces in Afghanistan, according to an account in The Bin Ladens, a 2008 book by Steve Coll. He reputedly attracted generous support from prosperous Arab countries compared to other resistance leaders.[20] At that time, Haqqani helped and protected Osama bin Laden, who was building his own militia to fight Soviet-backed Afghanistan.[21] Mujahids under his command were also responsible for the assassination of Faiz Mohammed and two other diplomats in Lake Tiga, Paktia Province.
The influential U.S. Congressman
During the rule of
Relations with the Taliban
Haqqani was not an original member of the
In October 2001, Haqqani was named the Taliban's military commander. He may have had a role in expediting the escape of
A
Role in the Taliban insurgency
Haqqani was the commander, with his son
Personal life
Haqqani was fluent in
- Sirajuddin Haqqani – He currently leads the day-to-day activities of the Haqqani network.
- Nasiruddin Haqqani –He was a key financier and emissary of the network. He spoke fluent Arabic and traveled to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for fundraising.Bhara Kahu, in the eastern part of the Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, on 11 November 2013.[52]
- Abdulaziz Haqqani – A key leader of the network and son of the Pashtun wife.[55][56] Currently the deputy of Sirajuddin Haqqani.[57]
- Badruddin Haqqani – He was an operational commander of the network. He was killed in a US North Waziristan. Badruddin was targeted and killed by US forces for planning and directing the deadly suicidal VBED operation carried out in south Kabul on May 18, 2010. The attack killed 5 American and 1 Canadian service members, as well as a dozen or more Afghan civilians who were innocently going about their own business along the road.[58][59][60]
- Mohammed Haqqani (born 1988) – He was a military commander of the network and was killed in a US drone strike on 18 February 2010 in North Waziristan.[61][62]
- Omar Haqqani – He was killed leading Haqqani network fighters during a US military operation in Khost province in July 2008.
Death
On 3 September 2018, the Taliban released a statement via Twitter proclaiming Haqqani's death of an unspecified terminal illness in Afghanistan. He was buried in Afghanistan.[3][7][63]
References
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Reports quoted Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Mallik saying, "The network's aging leader, Jalaluddin Haqqani, was a respected commander and key US and Pakistani ally in resisting the Soviet Union after its 1979 invasion of Afghanistan. Haqqani even visited President Ronald Reagan at the White House."
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- ^ Yusufzai, Rahimullah (30 September 2011). "Khalis, not Haqqani, was photographed with Reagan". The News International. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
Haqqani then was much younger and had a thick black beard. The evidence suggests he had never been to the US. He certainly was a well-known mujahideen commander of the Hezb-e-Islami (Khalis) — a party led by Maulvi Yunis Khalis, and had a status equal to another famous commander Ahmad Shah Masood. But Haqqani does not figure among the Afghan mujahideen leaders known to have been invited to the White House in Washington and hosted by President Reagan.
- ^ "Why Pakistan's media needs a code of conduct". BBC News. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
More recently, an image of a bearded man wearing a substantial white turban and a brown blazer standing next to former US President Ronald Reagan was reprinted in many Pakistani dailies as an image of Reagan with the notorious Afghan militant Jalaluddin Haqqani. But Haqqani has never visited the US. The picture, is in fact of an Afghan mujahideen commander called Younis Khalis.
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External links
- "Return of the Taliban: Jalaluddin Haqqani". Frontline.
- Biography of Jalaluddin Haqqani, Afghanistan Online