Taliban Appoint al-Qaeda Linked US-Most Wanted Terrorist As Kabul Security Chief
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2021-08-22 16:08:04
Vijeta Uniyal
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Days after the Taliban declared Afghanistan an Islamic Emirate, terrorists with links to the al Qaeda are emerging as leaders in the newly established regime.
“[S]enior Taliban leaders seen in the capital in recent days include Khalil Haqqani — one of America’s most wanted terrorists with a $5 million bounty on his head for links to al-Qaeda,” The Times of Israel reported on Saturday.
Khalil Haqqani, a senior commander of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network, has been appointed at the security chief of Afghan capital Kabul, news reports say. “The Taliban has placed security for the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the hands of senior members of the Haqqani Network, which has close ties with foreign jihadist groups including a long-standing association with Al-Qaida,” the Voice of America confirmed. Other top members of the network, including Anas Haqqani, were also playing important role in the formation of a Taliban-controlled Islamist regime.
With the Haqqani Network…
