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Added on : 2018-09-04 16:55:55

Founder of Haqqani terror network, Jalaluddin Haqqani, died today following a prolonged illness. Jalaluddin Haqqani was responsible for terror attacks on Indian establishments in Afghanistan. At least 58 people had died in one of the attacks at the Indian embassy in Kabul in 2008. Jalaluddin Haqqani was a minister in the Taliban government in Afghanistan when the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists had hijacked Air India flight IC 814 on its way from Kathmandu in Nepal to Lucknow.
The Taliban today announced the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani without giving details about the place of his demise. Jalaluddin Haqqani was an Afghan mujahideen commander fighting the Soviet occupation in the 1980s with the help of the United States and Pakistan and came to prominence during that period.

Founder of Haqqani terror network, Jalaluddin Haqqani, died today following a prolonged illness. Jalaluddin Haqqani was responsible for terror attacks on Indian establishments in Afghanistan. At least 58 people had died in one of the attacks at the Indian embassy in Kabul in 2008. Jalaluddin Haqqani was a minister in the Taliban government in Afghanistan when the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists had hijacked Air India flight IC 814 on its way from Kathmandu in Nepal to Lucknow.
The Taliban today announced the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani without giving details about the place of his demise. Jalaluddin Haqqani was an Afghan mujahideen commander fighting the Soviet occupation in the 1980s with the help of the United States and Pakistan and came to prominence during that period.

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