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Founder of militant Afghan Haqqani network dies: Taliban

KABUL, Sept 4: Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared grou...

By Reuters

KABUL, Sept 4: Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared groups in the Afghan insurgency, has died after a long illness, the Taliban announced on Tuesday.


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Haqqani, who founded the network in the 1970s, relinquished operational leadership of the group some years ago to his son Sirajuddin Haqqani, now deputy leader of the Afghan Taliban.


 

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