Anis Haqqani, dreaded terrorist from Haqqani network, is Kabul's security chief

While top Taliban leaders are in Kandahar discussing how to govern the country the security of the capital Kabul is now in the hands of the Haqqani networkthe most lethal and dangerous component of the Taliban The man ruling Kabul now is Haqqani clans youngest son Anis HaqqaniThe Haqqani Network a US banned terrorist group since 2012 is an important faction of the Taliban which captured Kabul on August 15 marking a return to power after two decades in the wildernessAccording to reports from the Afghan capital nearly 6000 cadre of the Haqqani Network have taken control of the capital city led by Anas Haqqani son of Jalaluddin Haqqani the founder of network and brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani head of the terrorist group and one of three deputy leaders of the TalibanAnd since then it is Anis Haqqani who has been meeting with Afghan government council comprising former president Hamid Karzai Gulbudin Hekmatyar leader of the HizbeIslami political and paramilitary group and Abdullah Abdullah the deposed administrations chief peace envoyInterestingly Anis Haqqani was arrested in 2014 According to the Afghan security forces he played an important role in the networks strategy and fundraising He was also charged for murders kidnappings etc There is a rumour that he killed his girlfriend too In 2016 he was sentenced to death but was released with his two commanders in 2019 in exchange for the release of two Haqqaniheld professors who were abducted while working for the American University of Afghanistan AUAF Kevin King 63 from the US and Timothy Weeks 50 from AustraliaAnis was flown to Doha where he joined the political group of the Taliban Now he is back in Kabul and on Thursday he met with former Senate Chairman Muslimyar who at one time wanted Anis to be executed immediatelyMuslimyar had recommended that since three courts have given the death sentence to Anis Haqqani he should be hanged to stop further crimes committed by his groupThe second in command of the Haqqani network Anis Haqqani now says that he has forgiven all his foes but the Kabul sources say that he is the most dangerous and vengeful person in the group Despite Talibans assurances that no door to door search will happen in Kabul Aniss Haqqani fighters have intensified their hunt for people who worked for NATO forces or the previous Afghan government On Thursday they went for a journalist of DW a German news publication and killed his relativeMeanwhile Anis Haqqani met religious clerics and officials of Panjshir asking them to convince the leaders of Panjshir resistance force to peacefully handover Panjshir to the Taliban and avoid bloodshedThe Panjshir resistance force is now known as the New Northern Alliance It is headed by Ahmad Massoud son of legendary Lion of Panjshir Ahmad Shah Massoud with acting president Amrullah Saleh one of Massouds closest aides also in the core team According to Panjshir sources the top commanders of Afghan forces General Haibatullah Alizai General Sami Sadat and many other brave commanders have arrived in Panjshir to fight against the Taliban General Haibatullah Alizai General Sami Sadat are dare devil officers of the Afghan army and they were promoted to generals just three days before the fall of KabulA large amp heavily armed battalion of approx 35k diehard Afghan Soldiers Special force units have left Deh Sabz in the outskirts of Kabul amp on their way to Panjshir to join the resistance Taliban tried to ambush but failed with losses said one commander in his postAlso Read lsquoTaliban may seek help to use the US equipmentrsquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever