Ideology and goals[edit]
The Haqqani Network's root values are Islamic and Nationalistic. They seek to
re-establish sharia law, a law derived from Islamic moral and religious values, as the nation's pillar of government. They are ideologically aligned with the Taliban, who has worked to eradicate Western influence and restructure the government into a strictly Sharia-following state. This was exemplified in the government that formed after Soviet Troops were driven from Afghanistan. Both groups have the common goal of disrupting the Western military and political efforts in Afghanistan and driving them from the country permanently.[8] Currently the group demands that US and Coalition Forces, made up mostly of NATO Nations, withdraw from Afghanistan and no longer interfere with the politics or educational systems of Islamic nations.[8]
Al-Qaeda affiliation[edit]
Jalaluddin Haqqani commanded the Mujahideen Army from 1980-1992, he is credited with recruiting foreign fighters. Two notable jihadist are two well known Arabs, Abdullah Azzam and Osama bin Laden, both began their careers as volunteers for the Haqqani’s and trained to fight the Soviets.
“Al-Qa’ida and the Haqqani network, in other words, evolved together, and they have remained intertwined throughout their history. They remain so to this day.[13] The Haqqani Network's relationship with Al-Qaeda dates back to the founding of the AQ. The significant difference between the two organizations is that Al-Qaeda's goals are global and use global means; whereas Haqqani is solely interested in Afghanistan and the Pashtun Tribal regions. To Jalaluddin Haqqani he is more interested in the influence of Islamic Law over Afghanistan than the global Jihad. Nonetheless the Haqqani Network has always been fully aware of Al-Qaeda's intentions and goals.
Attacks and alleged attacks[edit]
14 January 2008: 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack is thought[by whom?] to have been carried out by the network.[19]
March 2008: Kidnapping of British journalist Sean Langan was blamed on the network.[50]
27 April 2008: Assassination attempts on Hamid Karzai.[6]
7 July 2008: US intelligence blamed the network for 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul.[51]
10 November 2008: The Kidnapping of David Rohde was blamed on Sirajuddin Haqqani.[52]
30 December 2009: Camp Chapman attack is thought[by whom?] to have been carried out by the network.[53]
18 May 2010: May 2010 Kabul bombing was allegedly[by whom?] carried out by the network.[54]
19 February 2011: Kabul Bank in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.[55]
28 June 2011: According to ISAF, elements of the Haqqani network provided "material support" in the 2011 attack on the Hotel Inter-Continental in Kabul.[56] The Taliban claimed responsibility.[57]
10 September 2011: A massive truck bomb exploded outside Combat Outpost Sayed Abad in Wardak province, Afghanistan, killing five Afghans, including four civilians, and wounding 77 U.S. soldiers, 14 Afghan civilians, and three policemen. The Pentagon blamed the network for the attack.[58]
12 September 2011: US Ambassador Ryan Crocker blamed the Haqqani network for an attack on the US Embassy and nearby NATO bases in Kabul. The attack lasted 19 hours and resulted in the deaths of four police officers and four civilians. 17 civilians and six NATO soldiers were injured. Three coalition soldiers were killed. Eleven insurgent attackers were killed.[59]
October 2011: Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security said that six people arrested in an alleged plot to assassinate President Karzai had ties to the Haqqani network.[60]
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