Who was Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the Haqqani Network?
Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Haqqani Network militant group has died after a prolonged illness. Haqqani was a former asset of the US' intelligence agency CIA and fought the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. His group was behind several terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan and it allegedly carried out the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul in 2008.