Sunday, May 22, 2016

Is This The Next Leader For The Afghan Taliban?


Newsweek/Reuters: 'Ruthless' Warlord Could Be Taliban's Next Leader

Afghan guerrilla commander Sirajuddin Haqqani, a possible successor to Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, would likely prove an even more implacable foe of beleaguered Afghan government forces and their U.S. allies.

The United States killed Mansour in an air strike in a remote border area just inside Pakistan, the Afghanistan government said on Sunday, in an attack likely to dash any immediate prospect for peace talks. The U.S. has not confirmed Mansour's death.

Haqqani, who has a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, is widely seen by U.S. and Afghan officials as the most dangerous warlord in the Taliban insurgency, responsible for the most bloody attacks, including one last month in Kabul in which 64 people were killed.

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WNU Editor: It is telling that they do not even have a good photograph of this Taliban commander.

More News On Afghan Guerilla Commander Sirajuddin Haqqani And The Haqqani Network

Who Will Lead the Taliban Now? -- VOA
Taliban being steered by the Haqqanis? -- Mujib Mashal, The Hindu
Afghan Officials: Haqqani Network Controls Taliban Command -- VOA
ISI made Haqqani Taliban's No. 2 to protect him from US: Report -- Economic Times
Sirajuddin Haqqani may be even more deadly foe than Mansour -- Express Tribune

1 comment:

Country said...

Might be mansour wasnt respected enough to lead and this guy will re unify the taliban. Now that mansours dead all loyalty pledged to him goes away some of the infighting could as well.