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India-Pakistan
Haqqani network vows to avenge US
2013-11-03
[Dawn] A spokesman of al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban-backed Haqqani Network vowed to avenge the US for killing Hakimullah Mehsud.

Speaking to Dawn.com from an undisclosed location, Ahmed Yousuf said the US was not fighting with the Taliban, but in fact, he added "it was waging a war against Muslims and the Islam."

The United States blames the Haqqani network, a faction of the Taliban waging a 12-year insurgency in Afghanistan, for a series of high-profile attacks in recent years.

The militant outfit was founded by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a mujahideen leader against Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s who is now based with his family in Pakistan.

Haqqani is close to al Qaeda and his fighters are active across east and southeastern Afghanistan and in Kabul.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Wish we could get that senior haqqani.
Posted by: dk70 the scantily clad   2013-11-03 21:54  

#2  Senior Haqqani is based with his family in Pakistan tells us that the Paks are not our friends/allies.
Posted by: Ulusoth Shereter7931   2013-11-03 09:30  

#1  Be wise and leave this manner closed. Everyone lost.
Posted by: newc   2013-11-03 00:50  

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