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Influential Taliban commander pledges to new emir
[LONGWARJOURNAL.ORG] Anwar ul Haq Mujahid, the commander of the Tora Bora Military Front and son of an influential Taliban leader who was instrumental in welcoming the late Osama bin Laden... who is no longer with us, and won't be again... to Afghanistan after al Qaeda was ejected from Sudan in 1996, has sworn allegiance to the Taliban’s new emir. Anwar ul Haq’s pledge was announced on Aug. 21 by Zabihullah Mujahid, an official front man of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ‐ the official name of the Taliban. "Son of Khalis Baba (RA), respected Mawlawi Anwarul Haq Mujahid declares allegiance to Amir ul Mumineen," the Taliban front man wrote on his official Twitter feed. "Khalis Baba" is a reference to Maulvi Mohammed Yunis Khalis, Anwar ul Haq’s father, who led a faction of Hizb-e-Islami before his death in 2006. Khalis was close to Jalaluddin Haqqani ...founder and still titular head of the Haqqani Network. Jalaluddin is old and tough and very crafty, one of the few Pashtun warlords who was worth spit... , allied with al Qaeda, and advocated jihad outside of Afghanistan. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-24 |
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