Badruddin Haqqani: Designated Global Terrorist
May 11, 2011![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/haqqani_1.jpg?itok=ItZqnTjb)
Haqqani Network Commander Badruddin Haqqani designated as a global terrorist by Department of State.
Haqqani Network Commander Badruddin Haqqani designated as a global terrorist by Department of State.
This paper details the expansion of the Haqqani Network in Pakistan’s Kurram Agency.
In the pre-dawn hours of Monday, 25 April, nearly 500 imprisoned insurgents escaped from Kandahar’s central prison through a 1,200 foot tunnel dug by the Taliban.
The unexpected rise of violence in northern Afghanistan that began in 2008 revealed that the insurgency had expanded its presence into a previously uncontested region.
The Haqqani Network is important not only because of its tactical & operational proficiency, but because it links foreign terrorists like al Qaeda to operations inside Afghanistan.
Insurgents in the eastern province of Nangarhar recently perpetrated one of the most vicious attacks against Afghan civilians in recent memory.
Although Uzbek militants have been active in Afghanistan and Pakistan since the late 1990s, little attention has been paid to these fighters.
The Quetta Shura Taliban (QST)& their senior leadership is distinct from the Haqqani Network, which operates primarily from the southeastern provinces of Khost, Paktia & Paktika, all the way to Kabul.
Interview with Jeffrey Dressler by Octavian Manea, Small Wars Journal
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) has been active in the Pakistani tribal region since late 2001, where it reconstituted after fighting alongside the Taliban.