Sirajuddin haqqani biography for kids

Afghan Taliban warlord (born 1979)

Sirajuddin Haqqani (Pashto: سراج الدين حقاني, romanized: Sirāj al-Dīn Ḥaqqānī, Pashto pronunciation:[sɪrɑd͡ʒʊˈdinhaqɑˈni]; aliases Khalifa and Siraj Haqqani; born 5 December 1979) is an Afghan warlord and Specially Designated Global Terrorist who is the first deputy leader of Afghanistan and the acting interior minister in the internationally unrecognized post-2021 Taliban regime.

He has been a deputy leader of the Taliban since 2015, and was additionally appointed to his ministerial role after the 2021 withdrawal of foreign troops. He has led the Haqqani network, a semi-autonomous paramilitary arm of the Taliban, since inheriting it from his father in 2018, and has primarily had military responsibilities within the Taliban.^[3][4][5][6]

As interior minister, he has control over much of the country's internal security forces.

As deputy leader of the Taliban, he ov