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Aug 18, 2021 • 27 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X
1. Remarkable statement by Anas Haqqani the 2nd in command of the Haqqani network. He celebrates the Taliban victory and says that there will be forgiveness and no revenge and the formation of government that solves the problems of Afghans. Image
2. The Haqqanis are a militant family- their father was a famous Mujahideen leader respected by the likes of Abdullah Azzam who considered him a symbol of jihad. He was a scholar fluent in Arabic, Persian and Pashto and a military commander. He also became close to Bin Laden Image
3. Below is an extract from To The Mountains: My Life In Jihad from Algeria to Afghanistan @Hurst
It wasn't just jihadi leaders who thought him impressive. The Texan politican Charlie Wilson though him to be goodness personified hurstpublishers.com/book/to-the-mo… Image
4. During the civil war that followed the Mujahideen take over, Jalaluddin he adopted a neutral position and later came to an accord with the Taliban. After the US invasion he joined the Taliban believing it to be his religious obligation.
5. Over time the Haqqanis became more extreme and became involved in kidnappings and bombings. Sirajuddin Haqqani had a $5 Million bounty on head. fbi.gov/wanted/terrori…
6. In 2014 Anas Haqq ani was arrested and sentenced to death by the previous Afghan administration in 2016. But released in a US prisoner swap in 2019. voanews.com/middle-east/we…
7. For more on Haqqani Network do read Fountain Head of Jihad @Hurst (again) by Vahid Brown and @DonRassler Rassler: ctc.usma.edu/new-book-on-ha…
8. Below: many of the Haqqani fighters are dispersed around the city and are not distinct from the Taliban.
9. The Legacy of the Soviet Jihad- the 1st gen it’s son.
10. Some extraordinary pictures emerging Hamid Karzai and Dr Abdullah Abdullah were involved in taking Kabul before Anas Haqqani was even born in 1994.
11. The political survivor Gulbuddin Hekmatyar leader of Hezb-i Islami with Anas Haqqani. Wonder if Abdul Rabb Sayyaf will see him. He is purported to be very close to India. Image
12. Here is Declassified cable on meeting between US civil servant and Jalaluddin Haqqani- “US help allowed the Mujahideen to defeat the Soviets” Note also: Haqqani says Saudi Arabia a US ally also treated women the same as the Taliban. Image
13. Late 90s pre-9/11 US states that if Bin Laden had to be extradited to face justice for East Africa bombings. Osama Bin Laden was under tight control. Image
14. It's Friday and Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani the brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani steps up onto the pulpits of the mosque to deliver a sermon. NB. Alhaj is a title Muslims append to those who have attended the Hajj pilgrimage in KSA. Here is below
15. Khalil Haqqani is on the UN sanctions here. He was designated in 2011 for his role in financing and links to AQ: un.org/securitycounci…
16. Khalil Haqqani was purportedly swapped in 2007 in negotiations between the Pakistani government and late Beitullah Mehsud's TTP. Haqqani has also been involved as a mediator between tribal groups of various sectarian affiliations in N. Waziristan. cc Fountain Head of Jihad
17. Anatomy of the beard. Khalil Haqqani sits with Hekmatyar, both are from the same generation. Haqqani has a black beard & Hekmatyar grey. Dying the beard to conceals one’s age is disapproved of in Islamic law except in Jihad where displaying martial vigour & youth is important Image
18. Unless Khalil Haqqani has discovered the fountain of eternal youth, him sitting with the Kalashnikov certainly signals the idea that he is fighting Jihad etc.
19. The Badri 313 elite battalion meant to be filled with Haqqani spec-ops post film of the illusive Sirajuddin Haqqani leader of the Haqqani network.
20. Actually historically significant. V conciliatory move on part of the Taliban. Though Massoud jr has not sworn allegiance it goes a long way. A strong response towards those esp. foreign militants who believed that Ahmad Shah Massoud was an infidel. Is this Taliban 2.0?
21. Clarification not every one with the name Haqqani is associated with the Haqqani network. Haqqaniya is a seminary and the graduates of that can, as did Jalaluddin, append the college they came from to their name like clerics do if they are graduates of Al-Azhar, (Azhari).
22- is the Haqqani network and the Taliban the same? Just gonna add another thread here by @DonRassler who wrote a book on the issue 👇
23. Great little interview with @awsanzar and @AnasHaqqani313 one of the leaders of the Haqqani network. This is what I mean about @newlinesmag they bring you brilliant journalism. newlinesmag.com/reportage/tali…
24. One on One with Anas Haqqani is also interesting interviewed by: @Ali_Mustafa for TRT
25. Anas Haqqani speaking near fluent Arabic - hitting home the message that they want positive relations with international community incl. not ruling out an embassy in Washington:
26. Anas Haqqani here with the Badri 313- named after the number of prophet’s companions who fought at the battle of Badr.
24. Interview with Anas Haqqani and Kashmir- and Indo-Afghan relations: news18.com/news/world/exc…

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Thread: The first partisan to arrive in Chechnya in 1995 was Emir Khattab, or Samir Saleh Abdullah al-Suwailim, a Saudi-Jordanian foreign fighter. He came from a religious and well-to-do family, and was captivated by the Mujahideen and traveled to Afghanistan in 1988.
2. Though capable, he got caught up in the infighting between the various Arab factions in Jalalabad. Seemingly dissatisfied with his jihad in Afghanistan, he started an insurgency in Tajikistan to try to remove the Soviet-backed communist government.
3. His contribution in 1st Chechen war led President Maskhadov 👇 to make him him a brigadier general in 1996. Khattab, had not severed ties with Saudi Arabia, unlike Osama bin Laden.
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Feb 27, 2022
For the archives: Emir Ibn al-Khattab, Samir Salih Abdullah al-Suwailim, explaining why he made an incursion into Russian territory which sparked the 2nd Chechnya. war crushing any hope of an independent state. Irrespective of this miscalculation he is seen as an iconic figure
2. Ibn al-Khattab, Samir Salih Abdullah al-Suwailim, was a Saudi fighter of Arab Circassian descent. According to his brother he went to Afghanistan in 1987 at the age of 17. Here is an extract from To The Mountains: My Life in Jihad from Algeria to Afghanistan @HurstPublishers Image
3. After fighting in Afghanistan he explored efforts to go to Chechnya and Dagestan to open up camps there and eventually found his way to Chechnya where he fought in two Chechen wars. Image
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Sep 17, 2021
1. 6 years ago I spent time with an AQ affiliated battalion in Idlib province Syria. Many of them were Muhajirs or foreign fighters. Whilst not relevant then, the 2 on the right claimed to be linked to Afghanistan, this is immensely relevant now given the Taliban take over.
2. 'Yusuf'- that is what he called himself- claimed to have fought against US forces - he says he fought with the Taliban and had come to Syria to fight Jihad. He struck me to be a Ronin-Jihadi (masterless and wandering and grizzled).
3. In the past such warriors were incorporated as auxiliaries in the Ottoman state or positioned in ribats or frontier outposts as they did in Medieval Spain- but such men present themselves as problematic in a world full of modern states.
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Sep 17, 2021
One for the archives: few people understand how important the Anti-Soviet Jihad was to the Muslim world. Here is Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam talking about his aid work in Afghanistan to al-Jihad magazine. As you can see there were no repercussions from the state.
2. Cat Stevens converted to Islam gradually after nearly drowning, hearing the adhān (the call to prayer) in the city of saints Marrakech and his brother who converted to Judaism, gave him the Quran returning from a visit in Jerusalem.
3. He renounced music; traditional Islamic jurisprudence tended to disapprove of Music. But he continued to do acapellas. The Afghan conflict had a profound impact. Here is Afghanistan land of Islam:
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Sep 11, 2021
1. This thread is probably for the post-9/11 generation. On September 11, 2001, the world changed. Four passenger planes were hijacked by al-Qaeda. Two crashed into the world trade centre in New York city indelibly imprinting itself into the consciousness of the world.
2. 3rd crashed into the Pentagon in D.C. 4th crashed in Pennsylvania when the passengers thwarted the hijackers. There were just under 3000 casualties and 6000 injuries. The casualties belonged to 80 nations. Read Esquire story about the Falling Man - bit.ly/3nnI8BC
3. It was a terror attack, perhaps for the first time, played out in front of the whole world. It was mass murder on the world stage with such symbolic overtones that no one who lived through it could forget it.
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Sep 9, 2021
Thread: Today is the anniversary of Ahmad Shah Massoud. He was killed by two AQ suicide bombers. In a famous obituary in the WSJ he was celebrated as the man who won the Cold War. He was a darling of the West and considered a national hero but his legacy is contested. Image
2. He famously warned about the 9/11 attacks- here is Ahmad Wali talking about his brother's assassination and warnings:
3. Peter Bergen: "The struggles btween Bin Laden & Massoud are emblematic of the divisions in Muslim world btween militants who advocate violence against West & those who favor peaceful coexistence. Massoud's Islam was a moderate kind of fundamentalism leavened by tolerance.." Image
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