Tag: Haqqani

Door not completely shut on Haqqanis

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has signaled the United States remains open to exploring a peace deal including the Haqqani network, the...

Senior Haqqani commander killed in Afghanistan: NATO

NATO-led forces fighting in Afghanistan said on Wednesday that an airstrike had killed a senior commander of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network and two of...

Haqqani commander ‘killed in Afghan strike’: NATO

The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said Wednesday it had killed another senior member of the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani netowrk in an air strike near the...

US met Haqqani member before lashing out at ISI

Top US military official Mike Mullen seemed to sum up Washington’s current relationship with Pakistan when he accused the ISI of supporting the Haqqani...

Senior Haqqani leader arrested in Afghanistan

A senior commander of the Taliban-allied Haqqani network in Afghanistan, Haji Mali Khan, uncle of Sirajuddin Haqqani has been captured, the NATO-led International Security...

ISAF claims to capture Haqqani leader from Afghanistan

Allied forces in Afghanistan have claimed to capture a senior commander of Haqqani Network, ISAF said in a statement on Saturday. The International Security Assistance...

Pakistani sanctioned by US denies militant links

One of the men sanctioned by the United States for supporting “the most dangerous terrorist organizations” in Afghanistan and Pakistan denied on Friday that...

US hits alleged Haqqani commander with sanctions

The US Treasury hit a "key" commander in the powerful Haqqani network with sanctions Thursday. The Treasury said Abdul Aziz Abbasin, an Afghan native, was...

US weighs blacklisting Haqqani network

The Obama administration is considering placing the Haqqani network on its list of terror groups after blaming the militants for deadly attacks in Afghanistan,...

Grossman, Haqqani agree not to affect Pak-US relations

United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Marc Grossman and Husain Haqqani talked on phone and discussed present situation. Hussain Haqqani and Marc Grossman...

Haqqani network operating with ISI’s help: US senator

US Senator Mark Kirk on Monday said the Haqqani network was operating with the help of the ISI. Kirk, who sits on the Senate...

Attack on U.S. facility in Kabul leaves 1 American dead

An American citizen was killed as a U.S.-run installation came under attack in Afghan capital Kabul Sunday night, an Afghan private television channel reported...

Haqqani group was once CIA’s “blue-eyed boy’: Hina Khar

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar says the Haqqani group that the US holds responsible for last week’s attack against the American embassy in Kabul...

Pakistan ‘will not launch’ Haqqani offensive

Pakistan will not launch an offensive against Haqqani extremists despite Washington ramping up the pressure after a series of attacks on US targets in...

Haqqani network raised by CIA: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters at Rescue 15 on Sunday after inspecting weapons and explosives seized from terrorists that the Haqqani network was...

India happy over US allegations on Pakistan: Krishna

Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna has expressed happiness over US allegation on Pakistan that ISI has link with Haqqani Network, media reports said Sunday. In...

Sirajuddin Haqqani dares US to attack N Waziristan

Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of a group his father founded in the 1980s, said that he looked forward to a U.S. ground attack. "The United...