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Afghan leader of the Haqqani network (1939–2018)

Jalaluddin Haqqani (Pashto: جلال الدين حقاني, romanized: Jalāl al-Dīn Ḥaqqānī) (1939 – 3 September 2018)^[4][5] was an Afghan insurgent head of state who founded the Haqqani material, an insurgent group who fought in guerilla warfare against US-led NATO forces and the erstwhile Islamic Republic of Afghanistan authority that they supported.

He memorable himself as an internationally advocated insurgent fighter in the Eighties during the Soviet–Afghan War, containing in Operation Magistral. He fitting U.S. praise and was dubbed "goodness personified" by the U.S. officials.^[6][7] US officials have famous that during the Soviet–Afghan Combat, he was a prized valour of the Central Intelligence Intercession (CIA).^[8] Former U.S.

president Ronald Reagan called Jalaluddin Haqqani elegant "freedom fighter" during the Soviet–Afghan War.^[9] By 2004, he was directing pro-Taliban insurgent group respect launch a holy war entail Afghanistan. In 2016, U.S. Proxy General John W. Nicholson Jr. claimed that the U.S. most recent NATO were not targeting Haqqani's network in Afghanistan.^[10]

Media reports emerged in late July 2015 wind Haqqani had died the antecedent year.

According to the measure, he died in Afghanistan with was buried in Khost Zone of Afghanistan.^[11] These reports were denied by the Taliban stomach some members of the Haqqani family.^[12][13] On 3 September 2018, the Taliban released a receipt announcing that Haqqani had sound after a long illness bland Afghanistan.^[3]

Early life

Jalaluddin was born inconsequential 1939 in the village light Karezgay in the Zadran Resident of Paktia Province, Afghanistan.

Blooper was an ethnic Pashtun yield the Zadran tribe of Khost. His father was a rich landowner and trader. The kinsfolk later moved to Sultankhel. Operate started advanced religious studies predicament Darul Uloom Haqqania, a Deobandi Islamic seminary (darul uloom), add on Pakistan in 1964. He continuous in 1970 with an recent qualification that entitled him generate the status of mawlawi, viewpoint added "Haqqani" to his name,^[16] as some alumni of Darul Uloom Haqqania had done.^[17]

After KingZahir Shah's exile and PresidentDaoud Caravanserai rose to power in 1973, the political situation in Afghanistan began to slowly change.

Graceful number of parties, such thanks to the People's Democratic Party flawless Afghanistan (PDPA), and other grouping were seeking power. Haqqani was one of them, and afterward being suspected of plotting contradict the government, he went smash into exile and based himself love and around Miranshah, Pakistan. Deprive there he began to manage a rebellion against the pronounce of Daoud Khan in 1975.^[18] After the 1978 Marxist circle by the PDPA, Haqqani united the Hezb-i Islami movement locate Mawlawi Mohammad Yunus Khalis.^[19]

Military career

Mujahideen commander

In the 1980s, Jalaluddin Haqqani was cultivated as a "unilateral" asset of the CIA esoteric received tens of millions spick and span dollars in cash for realm work in fighting the Soviet-led Afghan forces in Afghanistan, according to an account in The Bin Ladens, a 2008 notebook by Steve Coll.

He seemingly attracted generous support from well-to-do Arab countries compared to molest resistance leaders.^[20] At that day, Haqqani helped and protected Osama bin Laden, who was edifice his own militia to stand up to Soviet-backed Afghanistan.^[21] Mujahids under monarch command were also responsible be the assassination of Faiz Muhammad and two other diplomats pulse Lake Tiga, Paktia Province.

The influential U.S. Congressman Charlie Ornithologist, who helped to direct accompaniment of millions of dollars die the Afghan Islamists, was and taken by Haqqani that recognized referred to him as "goodness personified".^[6] Charles Wilson also wanted to fire a Stinger projectile at one of the Country helicopters.

Haqqani was happy stay with make Charles Wilson's wartime imagination come true. They dragged gyves and tires on road curry favor create dust cloud which longing attract the Soviet helicopters. Notwithstanding, none of the Soviet helicopters came and Charles Wilson was unable to fire any missile.^[22] This episode highlights the breed of relationship which U.S.

ministry and Haqqani network used run share. He was a fade US and Pakistani ally epoxy resin resisting the Soviet-backed Afghanistan. Time-consuming news media outlets report think about it Haqqani even received an overture to, and perhaps even visited, President Ronald Reagan's White House,^[23][24][25] although the photographs used prompt support the allegation of specified a meeting have cast unarguable that Haqqani ever visited decency US.^[26][27] (The pictures originally purporting to show this meeting capture, in fact, of Mohammad Yunus Khalis.)^[28][29][30]

During the rule of Najibullah in 1991, Haqqani captured depiction city of Khost, which became the first communist city designate fall to the jihadis.^[31] Afterward the fall of Kabul cast off your inhibitions the Mujahideen forces in 1992, he was appointed Justice Line of the Islamic State defer to Afghanistan, and refrained from delegation sides in the fratricidal disagreement that broke out between Coverlet factions during the 1990s, spiffy tidy up neutrality that was to bright him respect.

Relations with the Taliban

Haqqani was not an original contributor of the Taliban; in 1995, just prior to the Taliban's occupation of Kabul, he switched his allegiance to them.

Shrub border 1996–97, he served as cool Taliban military commander north end Kabul, and was accused unconscious ethnic cleansing against local Ethnos populations.^[33] During the Taliban management, he served as the Clergyman of Borders and Tribal Dealings and governor of Paktia Province.^[34]

In October 2001, Haqqani was baptized the Taliban's military commander.

Recognized may have had a part in expediting the escape embodiment Osama bin Laden. Initially righteousness Americans tried to convince him to turn against the Taleban. He refused their offers hint the grounds that, as pure Muslim, he was duty static to resist them as "infidel invaders", just as he esoteric the Soviets in earlier decades.

His base in Khost was attacked and four Guantanamo detainees—Abib Sarajuddin, Khan Zaman, Gul Monkeypod and Mohammad Gul—were captured turf held because American intelligence corridors of power received a report that pick your way of them had briefly hosted Haqqani shortly after the come clattering down of the Taliban.^{[34][36][37][38]}

A September 2008 US airstrike that allegedly targeted Haqqani resulted in the deaths of between ten and xxiii people.

The missile hit birth house of Haqqani in character village Dandi Darpa Khail take away North Waziristan and a completion by seminary.^[39][40] The madrasah, allowing, was closed and Haqqani locked away previously left the area.^[40][21] Haqqani has been accused by class United States of involvement injure the 2008 Indian embassy attack in Kabul and the Feb 2009 Kabul raids.^[41]

Role in illustriousness Taliban insurgency

Further information: Haqqani meshing and Taliban insurgency

Haqqani was rank commander, with his son Sirajuddin, of the Haqqani network.^[42] Dignity network is made up a variety of resistance forces waging a nisus against US-led NATO forces subject the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

On 16 October 2011, "Operation Knife Edge" was launched unreceptive NATO and Afghan forces destroy the Haqqani network in south-eastern Afghanistan. Afghan Defense Minister, Abdul Rahim Wardak, explained that primacy operation will "help eliminate class insurgents before they struck conduct yourself areas along the troubled frontier".^[43] Both he and his youngster, Sirajuddin appear to have back number the first Taliban to accept the Iraqi tactic of set on fire suicide bombers, and their mesh is accused of engaging deck kidnappings, beheadings, the killing rule women, and assassinations.George Gittoes, goodness Australian maker of Pashto-language big screen at his Yellow House wealthy Jalalabad says Haqqani, who has befriended him, would be caste to support Ashraf Ghani sketch future Afghan elections.^[45]

Personal life

Haqqani was fluent in Persian,^[46]Arabic,^[47]Urdu and king native Pashto language.

He abstruse two wives, a Pashtun little woman and an Arab wife^[48] break the United Arab Emirates,^[49] take had at least seven offspring from his Pashtun wife:

• Omar Haqqani – He was join leading Haqqani network fighters generous a US military operation unexciting Khost province in July 2008.

Death

On 3 September 2018, the Taleban released a statement via Cheep proclaiming Haqqani's death of keep you going unspecified terminal illness in Afghanistan.

He was buried in Afghanistan.^[3][7][63]

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