The planned committee that will ensure that the APC [All Party Conference] statement is acted upon will have a tough time bringing the Haqqanis under control because in this instance the tail is wagging the dog
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During the APC against America on 29 September 2011 in Islamabad, Maulana Samiul Haq said that the Haqqani network was 'indigenous to Pakistain'. How could he say that except on the basis of the fact that both the founder of the Network, Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son the current commander Siraj, are graduates of his Madrassa Haqqania in Akora Khattak, Nowshehra, near Beautiful Downtown Peshawar?
There are other efforts afoot to own the Network. Reference is made to the 1980s and the US-backed jihad against the Soviet Union when Jalaluddin Haqqani began camping in North Wazoo while serving one of the seven Afghan militias headquartered in Peshawar. Such claims in favour of Haqqani Network's 'indigenisation' in Pakistain ring hollow. The truth is that the Haqqanis are in control of the Afghan provinces of Khost, Paktia, Paktika |