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Haqqani network

security. Also Haqqani Network, HQN

An Afghan militant organisation founded by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a commander against Soviet forces in the 1980s, and later led by his son Sirajuddin. Allied with the Taliban, it was blamed by US officials for major attacks in Afghanistan, including on US forces, and was said to operate from Pakistan’s North Waziristan. The United States designated it a Foreign Terrorist Organization in September 2012.^1,2,3

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Sources

1. 1 In the Matter of the Designation of the Haqqani Network … as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Federal Register, 2012-09-19. Primary document
2. 2 Haqqani Network. National Counterterrorism Center (ODNI). Official
3. 3 Treasury Department Targets Key Haqqani Network Leaders. US Department of the Treasury. Official