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Afghan Security Captures Haqqani Founder’s Son

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Getty 101614 Handcuffs?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1413474176287iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Security forces in Afghanistan have captured the son of the leader of the Haqqani network — the group blamed for attacks on U.S. targets across Afghanistan as well as for kidnappings and murders.

Anas Haqqani, the organization’s second in command and son of the network’s founder Jalaluddin Haqqani, was arrested late Tuesday says the National Directorate of Security (NDS), the Afghan intelligence agency.

Though the network is militarily the most capable of the Afghan Taliban factions and operates independently, it remains loyal to Taliban leader Mullah Omar.


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