Sirajuddin Haqqani

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Sirajuddin Haqqani (c. 1970- ) is a Pashtun military leader who led Waziri forces in the Waziristan War against Pakistan (2004-6). His father is Jalaluddin Haqqani, a famous Mujahideen and military leader of pro-Taliban forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Siraj Haqqani is a senior insurgent. He is known to facilitate suicide bomb attacks and other attacks against Afghan and Coalition troops in southeastern Afghanistan. The deadly Taliban assault on the four star Serena Hotel in Kabul on January 15 has been directly linked to Siraj Haqqani and his network. He runs the Haqqani Network along with several of his brothers and their main base of operations is near Miram Shah, North Waziristan. He is wanted by the US military and has a $200,000 bounty on his head. Siraj is so elusive that sketches are the only means of identifying what he may look like. This sketch was provided by the US military.