New Taliban head of security for Kabul is wanted by U.S. as terrorist
The Taliban’s new self-proclaimed chief of security in Kabul is someone who was designated a terrorist by the U.S. government 10 years ago and is subject to a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture.
Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani told al Jazeera in an interview published Sunday that the Taliban was working to restore order in Afghanistan. "If we can defeat superpowers, surely we can provide safety to the Afghan people," he said. Khalil Haqqani has served as the group's chief of operations ... Haqqani approved suicide bombings against U.S. forces and Afghan civilians
In their push to retake Afghanistan, the Taliban made the security situation much more precarious by breaking prisoners out of prisons — including hard-core fighters housed at Bagram Air Base, Taliban officials acknowledged to NBC News.
Two Taliban leaders said in an interview that their biggest blunder was “releasing thousands of prisoners, among them hard-core Islamic State commanders, master trainers and bomb makers. They were very trained people and they are now organizing themselves.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/new-taliban-head-security-kabul-wanted-u-s-terrorist-n1277700
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