Afghan Minister of Refugees Khalil Haqqani speaks during an open-air rally on the outskirts of Kabul on Oct. 3. Hoshang Hashimi/AFP
Foreign Policy: With Haqqanis at the Helm, the Taliban Will Grow Even More Extreme
The Haqqani network has long been the most lethal and vicious element of the Taliban.
Afghanistan’s newly appointed minister of interior and acting minister of refugees each have $5 million bounties on their head for their involvement with international terrorism. Sirajuddin Haqqani and his uncle, Khalil, are members of the Haqqani network, an Afghan Sunni Islamist militant organization that is functionally part of the Taliban and which the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in 2012.
The Haqqani network has long been the most lethal and vicious element of the Taliban, itself a highly violent and rapacious group. Now, with Sirajuddin in a leadership role, the Taliban will inevitably grow more radical over time, quashing any hopes for a “kinder, gentler” Taliban.
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