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unusual facts about Haqqani network



2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul

An Afghan government intelligence official, Amrullah Saleh, stated that the attacks were planned and carried out by the Haqqani network with help from Al Qaeda in Pakistan.

Jan Baz Zadran

Zadran was considered a powerful leader in the Haqqani Network, the Islamist militant group that has been the largest killer of American soldiers in Afghanistan.


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Paktika Province

Senior Haqqani Network leader, Sangeen Zadran was the Taliban shadow governor of Paktita Province until 5 September 2013, when he was killed in a US drone strike.