of the Haqqani network. Badruddin Haqqani – A son of the Pashtun wife. He was an operational commander of the network. He was killed in a US drone strike on 24 August 2012 in North Waziristan. Badruddin was targeted and killed by US forces for planning and directing the deadly suicidal VBED operation carried out in south Kabul on May 18, 2010. The attack killed 5 American and 1 Canadian service members, as well as a dozen or more Afghan civilians who were innocently going about their own business along the road. Nasiruddin Haqqani – A son of the Arab Emirati wife. He was a key financier and emissary of the network. He spoke fluent Arabic and traveled to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for fundraising. He was killed by unknown assailants in Bhara Kahu, in the eastern part of the Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, on 11 November 2013. Mohammed Haqqani (born 1988) – A son of the Pashtun wife. He was a military commander of the network and was killed in a US drone strike on 18 February 2010 in North Waziristan. Omar Haqqani – He was killed leading Haqqani network fighters during a US military operation in Khost province in July 2008. Abdulaziz Haqqani – A key leader of the network and son of the Pashtun wife. Currently the deputy of Sirajuddin Haqqani. Anas Haqqani – A son of the Arab Emirati wife. Senior member of the network. He was arrested on 15 October 2014 by the Afghan forces, and sentenced to death in 2016. He was released in a prisoner swap in November 2019. Death On 3 September 2018, the Taliban released a statement via Twitter proclaiming Haqqani's death of an unspecified terminal illness in Afghanistan. He was buried in Afghanistan. References External links Biography of Jalaluddin Haqqani, Afghanistan Online 1939 births 2018 deaths Deobandis Haqqani network Place of birth missing Pashtun people Afghan Sunni Muslims Mujahideen members of the Soviet–Afghan War Leaders of Islamic terror groups People from Paktia Province CIA and Islamism Taliban leaders