Jalaluddin haqqani biography of martin

History and Biodata

3. Biodata:
Mawlawi Jalaluddin Haqqani was born 1946 in Afghanistan.

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He belongs to the Jadran, a Pashtun tribe from Paktia province.

Respectfully known as “Maulavi Haqqani” to his followers, Jalaluddin Haqqani is the head of what Western intelligence agencies call, the “Haqqani Network”.

Haqqani earned a formidable reputation as a military commander in the 1979-1989 anti-Soviet jihad and had close links with Pakistani, US and Saudi intelligence agencies, making him one of the better armed commanders in the anti-Soviet jihad.

A fluent Arabic speaker, Haqqani has long-standing ties to Arab mujahideen volunteers and the essentially Arab-led al Qaeda networks. The first al Qaeda bases in Afghanistan were built on territory controlled by Haqqani and he was instrumental in channelling Saudi funds for the anti-Soviet resistance.

Although he is not one of the founding members of the Taliban, he switched allegiance