Jalaluddin Haqqani (right), the Taliban's Minister for Tribal Affairs, points to a map of Afghanistan while his son Naziruddin looks on. Photo: ReutersBrutal Haqqani Crime Clan Bedevils U.S. in Afghanistan -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — They are the Sopranos of the Afghanistan war, a ruthless crime family that built an empire out of kidnapping, extortion, smuggling, even trucking. They have trafficked in precious gems, stolen lumber and demanded protection money from businesses building roads and schools with American reconstruction funds.
They safeguard their mountainous turf by planting deadly roadside bombs and shelling remote American military bases. And they are accused by American officials of being guns for hire: a proxy force used by the Pakistani intelligence service to carry out grisly, high-profile attacks in Kabul and throughout the country.
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Afghan police foil twin suicide attacks on government building in the south -- Washington Post/AP
Suicide attack kills 4 in eastern Afghanistan -- SFGate/AP
Suicide Attack Kills 2 in Eastern Afghanistan -- Voice of America
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Afghanistan warns Pakistan about border shelling -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghans accuse Pakistan over fresh border shelling -- AFP
Afghanistan blames Pak army for cross border shelling -- DAWN/Reuters
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Afghanistan to probe Rabbani killing -- Hindustan Times
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Afghan police foil twin suicide attacks on government building in the south -- Washington Post/AP
Suicide attack kills 4 in eastern Afghanistan -- SFGate/AP
Suicide Attack Kills 2 in Eastern Afghanistan -- Voice of America
German tourist killed in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Afghanistan warns Pakistan about border shelling -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghans accuse Pakistan over fresh border shelling -- AFP
Afghanistan blames Pak army for cross border shelling -- DAWN/Reuters
Rabbani death shuts Afghan "door of stability" - colleague -- Reuters
Afghanistan to probe Rabbani killing -- Hindustan Times
Tajik leader victim of duplicitous Taliban in Afghan quagmire -- Sydney Morning Herald
Suicide Attack Kills 2 in Eastern Afghanistan -- Voice of America
German tourist killed in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Afghanistan warns Pakistan about border shelling -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghans accuse Pakistan over fresh border shelling -- AFP
Afghanistan blames Pak army for cross border shelling -- DAWN/Reuters
Rabbani death shuts Afghan "door of stability" - colleague -- Reuters
Afghanistan to probe Rabbani killing -- Hindustan Times
Tajik leader victim of duplicitous Taliban in Afghan quagmire -- Sydney Morning Herald
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Afghanistan blames Pak army for cross border shelling -- DAWN/Reuters
Rabbani death shuts Afghan "door of stability" - colleague -- Reuters
Afghanistan to probe Rabbani killing -- Hindustan Times
Tajik leader victim of duplicitous Taliban in Afghan quagmire -- Sydney Morning Herald
Kabul residents angry, fearful after string of deadly attacks -- L.A. Times
US in 'disarray' in Afghanistan: Pakistani PM -- Yahoo News/AFP
Mullen Says U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan Past 2014 -- Newsroom America
US fights a war of perceptions in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP