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Jalaluddin Haqqani

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Who was Jalal ud Din Haqqani

 

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🇦🇫 Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of prominent Afghan armed group, dies | Al Jazeera English

 

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Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of Afghan Haqqani network, dies: Taliban

 

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Haqqani Network's founder Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead

 

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Who was Jalaluddin Haqqani?

Mawlawi Jalaluddin Haqqani is the leader of the Haqqani network, an insurgent group fighting in guerilla warfare initially against US-led NATO forces, and the present government of Afghanistan they support. He distinguished himself as an internationally sponsored insurgent fighter in the 1980s during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, including Operation Magistral. By 2004, he was directing pro-Taliban militants to launch a holy war in Afghanistan. Within Pakistan, Jalaluddin had a cordial relation with Pakistan but he did not act against the TTP, earning controversy though Pakistan saw him as a strategic asset who could mediate between the various factions. Jalaluddin retains considerable local popularity on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and he is the most experienced Islamist leader in the region. Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars, claims that Haqqani introduced suicide bombing in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.