Anas Haqqani

Anas Haqqani ( ; born ) is an Afghan politician and military leader, who is a senior leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and within the Taliban movement, and was also a member of the Taliban's negotiation team in its political office in Doha, Qatar.

He is the son of fighter and warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, who fought both the Soviets and the Americans, and a brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani, now the Minister of Interior of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan .

He has an interest in Pashto poetry, himself being a poet.

Early life and education Anas is a son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, a Pashtun mujahid and military leader of pro-Taliban forces in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Through his Pashtun mother, his only surviving brothers are Sirajuddin Haqqani and Abdulaziz Haqqani, while his father’s second wife is an Arab from the UAE whose children live with her in her home country.

Anas studied in a local school in North Waziristan, Pakistan, until the 10th grade, while also being homeschooled by his father in Islamic studies.

Detention Anas was detained in Bahrain on 12 November 2014, at the age of 20, when he was legally returning from visiting releasees from Guantanamo Bay detention camp at the Taliban's political office in Doha, Qatar. American soldiers arrested him and took him back to Qatar. He was released on 18 November 2019 in a prisoner exchange.

In September 2021, Haqqani received criticism from Hindus on Twitter for calling Mahmud of Ghazni a "renowned Muslim warrior & Mujahid of the 10th century" who "established a strong Muslim rule in the region from Ghazni & smashed the idol of Somnath".

Upon Prince Harry’s announcement that he had tallied up Taliban members he killed in war and not thought of them as people, Haqqani tweeted: "Mr Harry! The ones you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families who were waiting for their return... I don't expect that the International Criminal Court will summon you or the human rights activists will condemn you, because they are deaf and blind for you."