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September 9, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/our-friends-the-haqqanis-afghanistan-taliban-11631053019?mod=opinion_major_pos1

New Afghan Interior Minister Is on FBI's Most Wanted List

(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - On Tuesday, the Taliban named Sirajuddin Haqqani as interior minister, putting a jihadist terrorist in charge of internal security. Haqqani is on the FBI's most wanted list, and the U.S. is offering $10 million for information leading to his arrest. He was involved in a January 2008 attack on a hotel in Kabul that killed six people, including one American. The network he runs is also accused of plotting a 2011 suicide truck bomb in Wardak province that wounded 77 American soldiers. In 2012 the Obama Administration officially designated the Haqqani Network as a terrorist organization, with long and extensive ties to al-Qaeda.

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