Afghan leader of the Haqqani network (1939–2018) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mawlawi Jalaluddin Haqqani (1939 – 3 September 2018)[1] was an Afghan militant. He was the founder and leader of the Haqqani network, a fighting group in guerilla warfare against US-led NATO forces.
By 2004, he was directing pro-Taliban militants to launch a holy war in Afghanistan. Within Pakistan, Jalaluddin had a relation with Pakistan but he did not act against the TTP. He was the most experienced Islamist leader in the region.[2] Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars, claims that Haqqani introduced suicide bombing in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.[3][4]
On 3 September 2018, the Taliban released a statement via Twitter saying that Haqqani died from a terminal illness in his late 70s.[5][6]
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