Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of current Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who leads the powerful Haqqani network, a division of the wider Taliban organization. On Wednesday, a suicide ...

Ibraheem Bahiss, an analyst with Crisis Group's South Asia program, said the timing of the assault was interesting as it came days after Sirajuddin Haqqani gave a speech appearing to criticize the ...

His nephew Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting interior minister, has led efforts to reshape the Taliban’s global image. Since the Taliban’s new rise to power, the Haqqanis have appeared eager to ...

“Khalil has conducted operations for the Taliban on orders from his nephew, Sirajuddin Haqqani,” and “has also acted on behalf of al-Qa’ida (AQ) and has been linked to AQ terrorist ...

Although the Haqqanis have long held sway inside the Taliban, they recently seemed to lose ground due to rumours of a falling out between Sirajuddin Haqqani and Taliban regime head Hibatullah ...

He was also the uncle of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the network's commander who is currently serving as Afghanistan's interior minister. Following the collapse of the Western-backed Afghan government in ...

He was on the FBI’s wanted list with a $5million reward on his head and was the uncle of interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the group’s leader. There has been no immediate claim of ...

In 2022, a blast took place near the interior ministry, led by Haqqani network leader Sirajuddin Haqqani ... president's party divided over defiant martial law speech 11:53 AM UTC Worldcategory ...

The slain minister was a senior leader of the powerful Haqqani network and the uncle of acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani. The AP news agency cited Taliban Interior Ministry officials as ...

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