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28 Jun 2017, 1:03 pm by Alex Potcovaru, Quinta Jurecic
In a separate report released Tuesday, the Pentagon indicated that Pakistan was the most significant external factor affecting Afghan stability through governmental support of the Taliban and Haqqani Network. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 1:35 pm by Alex Potcovaru
Others have concerns about neighboring Pakistan’s ability to undermine the fight against the Taliban, especially though the harboring of violent groups like the Taliban-associated Haqqani Network. [read post]
1 Jun 2017, 12:41 pm by Quinta Jurecic, Matthew Kahn
Afghan intelligence officials have blamed the Haqqani Network, a Taliban-linked organization based in Pakistan, for the attack. [read post]
31 May 2017, 1:08 pm by Quinta Jurecic
” Afghan officials have claimed that the Taliban-affiliated and Pakistan-based Haqqani Network is responsible, the Times of India tells us. [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 12:08 pm by Quinta Jurecic
The Times writes that U.S. officials believe that the attack may have been planned by the Pakistan-based Haqqani network and was likely engineered over a period of months. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 11:37 am by Quinta Jurecic
The concern is magnified by reports that the Taliban and the Haqqani Network have become more open to working with ISIS in certain parts of Afghanistan, while the Islamic State simultaneously battles the Taliban elsewhere in the country. [read post]
6 Sep 2016, 1:27 pm by Rishabh Bhandari
Afghan security officials speculated that the Haqqani network, an organization linked with the Taliban that specializes in brutal urban assaults, was responsible for the attack. [read post]
29 Aug 2016, 12:52 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, Quinta Jurecic
Local officials are concerned that the Taliban is looking to secure a foothold in the country’s southeast to help reintroduce the Pakistani-based Haqqani network into Afghanistan. [read post]
4 Aug 2016, 12:09 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, David Hopen
’” Reuters writes that the Pentagon will not pay Pakistan $300 million in military reimbursements after Secretary of Defense Ash Carter ruled that Islamabad has not taken sufficient action against the Haqqani network. [read post]
14 Jun 2016, 12:16 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, David Hopen
Relations between the two sides have been strained for months, however, with Afghanistan claiming that Pakistan has been harboring militants—including the Haqqani network and the leadership of the Afghan Taliban—and Pakistan denying such claims, insisting [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 11:36 am by Rishabh Bhandari, David Hopen
Sirajuddin Khadmi, a senior leader of the Sirajuddin Haqqani network that provided weapons for insurgents, was killed in a US drone strike in Paktika province, reports Pakistan’s Tribune. [read post]
24 May 2016, 2:11 pm by Caitlin Gilligan, Alex R. McQuade
The shortlist includes Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir, and Mullah Sherin, along with Sarjuddin Haqqani, NBC News reports. [read post]
9 May 2016, 2:19 pm by Alex R. McQuade
The Haqqani’s “signature brand of urban terrorist attacks” and “sophisticated international fund-raising networks” could herald an even deadlier year ahead. [read post]
5 May 2016, 1:43 pm by Alex R. McQuade
In Afghanistan, three Haqqani Network operatives were arrested on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack in Kabul. [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 11:05 am by Cody M. Poplin
” According to the cable, the ISI is “suspected of giving the Haqqani network $200,000 to ‘enable’ the attack. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 9:07 am by C. Christine Fair
These deaths and injuries are overwhelmingly not due to al Qaeda: rather, they are from Pakistan’s proxies, including the Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and Lashkar-e-Taiba, among others. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 12:29 pm by Alex R. McQuade, Cody M. Poplin
The Haqqani Network, which operates out of Pakistan’s border areas, has been blamed for the deadliest and most sophisticated attacks on Afghan and U.S. troops, Reuters tells us. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 1:14 pm by Elina Saxena
In a rare appearance at the Pentagon today, President Barack Obama declared that U.S. coalition forces are making progress in the fight against the Islamic State. [read post]
5 Dec 2015, 5:38 am by Elina Saxena
In doing so, they consider the possibility of a “Leviathan Internet, where the inherently controlling aspects of the network are embraced by governments around the world. [read post]
4 Dec 2015, 12:14 pm by Elina Saxena, Cody M. Poplin
Irek Hamidullin, a former Russian tank commander during the Soviet War in Afghanistan who later defected to the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network,  was sentenced to life in prison. [read post]