Jalaluddin Haqqani was held responsible for brutal attacks on US forces and their alliesAn Afghan rebel leader whom America sponsored for years as “goodness personified” and who then fought for decades as one of its most feared enemies has died.
Jalaluddin Haqqani’s death is unlikely to acquire much military impact,as he ceded control of his eponymous Haqqani network to his son years ago, but it marks a symbolic generational shift. Haqqani was a key military leader for four decades of Afghanistan’s civil war, and switching allies and backers but never putting down his weapons. Related: Haqqani network is considered most ruthless branch of Afghan insurgency Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com