Haqqani Network Leader Makes Statement to BBC
Video still of Sirajuddin Haqqani during and interview (Photo: US State Dept.)
Marco Werman talks with Jonathan Marcus, the BBC’s Defense and Diplomatic Correspondent, about comments made in an exclusive interview by Sirajuddin Haqqani, of the jihadist Haqqani Network in Afghanistan.
The Haqqani network has been blamed for a series of recent attacks in Kabul. Sirajuddin Haqqani claimed his organization is not linked to Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI.
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