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Haqqani network

Pashtun militant organization
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Haqqani network, Pashtun militant network based in eastern Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan. The Haqqani network originated during the Afghan War (1978–92), and, after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, it participated in an insurgency against U.S. and NATO forces and the Afghan government. The founder of the Haqqani network, Jalaluddin Haqqani, rose to prominence as a guerrilla leader in the 1970s and ’80s. A member of the Pashtun Jadran (Zadran) tribe from Paktiyā province in southeastern Afghanistan, Haqqani was educated in religious schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan. After participating in an unsuccessful Islamist guerrilla campaign against the government of ...(100 of 571 words)

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