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Taliban appoints chief of community of suicide bombers as deputy intel chief

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Taliban appointed Taj Mir Jawad, a recognized chief of a community of suicide bombers, to function a deputy underneath the brand new intelligence chief Abdul Haq Wasiq of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Taj Mir Jawad is believed to be an internal member of the Jihadist group and likewise a excessive degree operative within the Haqqani Network, the group notoriously notorious for suicide bombings. It is believed that Taj Mir Jawad and his community of suicide bombers carried out the assault on the Inter Continental resort, Kabul on June 28, 2011. This community of suicide bombers, often known as Kabul Attack Network was liable for sequence of such assaults executed in Kabul over time.
According to a Bill Roggio’s 2013 report within the FDD’s Long War Journal, “The Kabul Attack Network operates in the capital and in the surrounding provinces of Wardak, Logar, Nangarhar, Laghman, Kapisa, Khost, Paktia, and Paktika. It has executed numerous high-profile attacks in the capital over the years. Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and the Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin also participate in operations directed by the Kabul Attack network.”
Bill Roggio’s report additionally talked about that Jawad was operating a Haqqani Network subgroup, that was named after him and collectively led the Kabul Attack Network together with Taliban Commander Dawood (or Daud).
Jawad can be criticized for monitoring the Al-Hamza Martyrdom Brigade, a coaching floor for suicide bombers which allegedly had skilled the bomber that killed the police chief named Abdul Raziq Achakzai.
Sirajuddin Haqqani, one other senior chief of the Haqqani Network, has been appointed the Interior Minister within the caretaker Taliban authorities in Afghanistan. He is on the FBI’s most wished record. There are a number of others within the authorities who’re on the record of UN designated terrorists.