Sirajuddin Haqqani

Sirajuddin Haqqani
سِراج الدّين حقاني
Haqqani in 2022
Acting Minister of Interior Affairs
Assumed office
7 September 2021
DeputyIbrahim Sadr (acting)
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Prime MinisterHasan Akhund (acting)
Preceded byIbrahim Sadr (acting)
First Deputy Leader of Afghanistan
Assumed office
15 August 2021
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded byAmrullah Saleh (as First Vice President)
In exile
25 May 2016 – 15 August 2021
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded byHibatullah Akhundzada
Leader of the Haqqani network
Assumed command
2018
Preceded byJalaluddin Haqqani
Second Deputy Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
In exile
29 July 2015 – 25 May 2016
LeaderAkhtar Mansour
Preceded byAkhtar Mansour (2010)
Succeeded byMullah Yaqoob
Personal details
BornDecember 1979 (age 44)
Afghanistan or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
RelationsKhalil Haqqani (uncle)
Anas Haqqani (brother)
Abdulaziz Haqqani (brother)
ParentJalaluddin Haqqani
Alma materDarul Uloom Haqqania
Political affiliationTaliban
Military service
AllegianceIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Branch/serviceHaqqani network
Years of service2000s–present
RankSupreme commander
Battles/warsWar on Terror
Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Taliban insurgency
2021 Taliban offensive[1]
Islamic State–Taliban conflict[2]

Sirajuddin Haqqani (Pashto: سراج الدين حقاني, romanized: Sirāj al-Dīn Ḥaqqānī, Pashto pronunciation: [sɪrɑd͡ʒʊˈdin haqɑˈni]; aliases Khalifa, and, Siraj Haqqani. born December 5, 1979) is an Afghan warlord and Specially Designated Global Terrorist who is the first deputy leader of Afghanistan and the acting interior minister in the internationally unrecognized post-2021 Taliban regime. He has been a deputy leader of the Taliban since 2015, and was additionally appointed to his ministerial role after the Taliban's victory over Western-backed forces in the 2001–2021 war. He has led the Haqqani network, a semi-autonomous paramilitary arm of the Taliban, since inheriting it from his father in 2018, and has primarily had military responsibilities within the Taliban.[3][4][5][6]

As interior minister, he has control over much of the country's internal security forces. As deputy leader of the Taliban, he oversaw armed combat against American and coalition forces, reportedly from a base within North Waziristan District in Pakistan.[citation needed] Haqqani is currently wanted by the FBI for questioning due to his role in the 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack and an attempted assassination of President Hamid Karzai, with the U.S. State Department designating him a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and offering a reward of $10 million for information about his location that will lead to his arrest.[7][8]

  1. ^ Joscelyn, Thomas (25 June 2021). "Taliban's deputy emir issues guidance for governance in newly seized territory". FDD's Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan Faces Tough Battle as Haqqanis Unify the Taliban - ABC News". ABC News. 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016.
  3. ^ Islamabad Boys Archived 14 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, The New Republic, 27 January 2010
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference The National Counter-Terrorism Centre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Hayes, Edward (Retired Army Intelligence Officer (23 August 2015). "Counter Terror: The Ghost Death of Mullah Omar and Crisis: Mansour versus Caliph al-Baghdadi". Counter Terrorism Lectures and Consulting. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017.
  6. ^ Mehsud, Saleem (23 October 2015). "Kunduz Breakthrough Bolsters Mullah Mansoor as Taliban Leader". CTC Sentinel. Vol. 8, no. 10. Combating Terrorism Centre of Westpoint. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  7. ^ Fink, Jenni (7 September 2021). "Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan Cabinet Member, Wanted by FBI, $10 Million Reward Offered". Newsweek.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rewards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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