The Taliban, who have been playing bloody games on Afghanistan’s soil for decades, began to cry for peace, but their actions do not seem to be on the way to make peace. The radical Islamic group has handed over the command of the capital Kabul to the Haqqani network, which has close ties to terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda and has itself carried out several deadly attacks. With this step, it has once again become clear that the Taliban’s claim of not allowing terrorist organizations to grow on the land of Afghanistan is not only a sham, but Pakistan is also involved in it.
The Haqqani network was started by Jalaluddin Haqqani, who hails from the Zadran Pashtun community of Afghanistan. Haqqani was first identified during the Mujahideen’s war against Soviet forces in the 1980s. Jalaluddin then came in contact with the US intelligence agency CIA. This is where the Haqqani network started. It is said that after the departure of the Soviet army in 1979, this organization also fought the civil war in Afghanistan.
The Haqqani network has not always been in contact with the Taliban, but 1995 is said to have been the period when Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI first played a role in bringing the two terror groups together in Afghanistan. Since then, the Haqqani network and the Taliban have remained together. In the meantime, it is important to understand why Pakistan merged two terrorist organizations in a neighboring country and what are the links with the Haqqani network.
The founder of the Haqqani network, Jalaluddin was educated in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The word Haqqani also came from the Darul-Uloom Haqqani Madrasa in Pakistan, where he studied. Whether it was a war against the Soviet army in Afghanistan or a civil war, the Haqqani network continued to receive help from Pakistan. Some Gulf countries were also involved in funding this brutal organization. Its base is in the city of Miranshah in North Waziristan, Pakistan. Haqqani is said to have managed to forge close ties with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden during a guerrilla war against Soviet forces.
