Haqqani Network History

The Haqqani network is one of three main groups in Afghanistan. The other two are the Quetta Shura Taliban, run by a leadership council headed by the confined Mullah Omar, and the other one is Hezb-e-Islami which runs by Gulbudin Hekmatyar, another experienced person during the Soviet war, all these groups have dissimilar command structures and toil under separate strategic plans.
A 70 years old men namely Jalaluddin Haqqani having two wifes, one belong to Arab, UAE, is one of them Haqqanis, who are ethnic Pashtuns from the Zardan tribe in southeastern Afghanistan Paktia province. The group maintains a power base in the region of Pakistani Pashtun region of Waziristan across the border from Afghanistan’s Khost province, his exile during the Republican Government of Sardar Daud in early 1970,s. He was initially a part of mujahedeen leaders that formed Hizb-e-Islami, when Hizb-e-Islami splintered in the late 1970’s, Haqqani followed Yunis Khalis rather than Hekhmatyar, and become one of most important commanders in the Hizb-e-Islami (Khalis) or HIK. Jalaluddin Haqqani raised to eminence during the 1980’s, receiving weapons and funds from CIA and Saudi Arabia to fight against Soviet forces occupyin