How appointment of Sirajuddin Haqqani poses issues for Joe Biden

Sirajuddin Haqqani, senior chief of the Haqqani Network, has been appointed the Interior Minister within the caretaker authorities of Afghanistan. The appointment by the Taliban poses critical obstacles in the direction of the Joe Biden administration’s efforts to companion with the Jihadist outfit.
The issues are exacerbated by the truth that Sirajuddin Haqqani options within the ‘most wanted list’ of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Following the top of the 20-year warfare, USA has made a number of overtures in the direction of the Taliban in a bid to safe their collaboration for American international coverage pursuits.
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Consistent with its strategy, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price had stated late August, “The Taliban and Haqqani Network are two separate entities.” Similarly, NSA Jake Sullivan had on one event refused to name them ‘enemies’ and on one other, admitted that the USA might ship monetary support to Afghanistan if sure circumstances have been met.
Furthermore, the Joe Biden administration had issued a license allowing humanitarian support to proceed to circulation into Afghanistan. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff within the USA, asserted that they may ally with Taliban for strikes towards the Islamic State of Khorasan Province.
US Forces and the Taliban labored collectively throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Jihadist outfit was answerable for safety of Kabul when US Forces remained on the Kabul airport to evacuate. “In war you do what you must in order to reduce risk to mission and force, not what you necessarily want to do,” Milley had stated.
The head of US Central Command, Marine General Frank McKenzie, had stated that the US-Taliban partnership throughout the withdrawal was “very pragmatic and very businesslike”. All of this factors in the direction of the truth that the USA is contemplating partnering with the Taliban to safe its international coverage pursuits.
However, the appointment of Sirajuddin Haqqani because the Interior Minister of the nation might show to be a spoiler within the potential association. The USA and CIA is being subjected to a lot mockery on-line given their latest flirtation with the Jihadist outfit. The Haqqani Network additionally has shut ties to Al Qaeda and Pakistan’s ISI.
Even so, the potential of a partnership can’t be dominated out altogether. If the USA is prepared to work along with the Taliban, an outfit it known as terrorist for 20 years and waged warfare towards, then a working relationship with the Haqqani Network shouldn’t be utterly dominated out.
Furthermore, the USA has funded Jihadist outfits prior to now. In the Middle East, the USA funded Jihadist teams to take away Basshar al-Assad from energy in Syria. They funded teams they labeled ‘moderate rebels’ in Syria, one other warfare torn nation, realizing totally nicely that the weapons they equipped typically fell into the fingers of Al Nusra, a gaggle affiliated to Al Qaeda. Some of the ‘moderate Syrian rebels’, funded by CIA’s Timber Sycamore program, went on a rampage killing Kurds within the area in 2019.
It can also be suspected at the very least a few of these weapons fell into the fingers of ISIS as nicely. “Evidence collected by CAR indicates that the United States has repeatedly diverted EU-manufactured weapons and ammunition to opposition forces in the Syrian conflict. IS forces rapidly gained custody of significant quantities of this materiel,” Conflict Armament Research (CAR) had stated again in 2017.
Thus, regardless of the appointment of the Haqqani Network chief within the Taliban authorities, a partnership between them and the USA stays a definite risk. Furthermore, Afghanistan is positioned in a really imposition from the attitude of geopolitics. The USA wouldn’t need for the Taliban to develop a detailed relationship with China and Russia.
However, as of this second, the group seems extra prepared to align with the 2 main powers within the area. Simultaneously, with the appointment of Sirajuddin Haqqani, a partnership with the outfit will likely be tough for the Joe Biden administration to promote to his home viewers.