Sirajuddin Haqqani, the deputy leader of the Afghan Taliban and an official in the Haqqani Network, called for brotherhood among fighters and settling of differences, and urged resistance against division.

After acknowledging the death of Mullah Muhammad Omar over two years since his passing from illness, the Afghan Taliban announced the appointment of former deputy, Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, as the new leader, and a Haqqani Network official as a deputy.

The Afghan Taliban condemned the U.S. for offering cash bounties under its Rewards for Justice program for information leading to the location of four officials in the Haqqani Network, and increasing the offer for its leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani.

The Afghan Taliban released the 77th issue of its monthly Arabic-language e-magazine, "al-Samoud," on September 27, 2012, and in it, published an interview with Sirajuddin Haqqani.

Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah released a statement dated June 28, 2010, denying that two senior officials of the group, Sirajuddin Haqqani and Anwar ul-Haq, met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.  

In this dispatch, the third and final part of Sirajuddin Haqqani’s responses to questions from jihadists, Sirajuddin comments on his opinion of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia, and responds to rumors about the Afghan Taliban.

In this dispatch, the second part of Sirajuddin Haqqani’s responses to questions from jihadists, Sirajuddin comments on issues related to the jihad in Afghanistan and general queries on contributing to jihad, either financially, physically, or spiritually.  

The Ansar al-Mujahideen Network released on April 28, 2010, answers to questions posed by its forum members to Sirajuddin Haqqani, a senior leader in the Haqqani Network and a member of the Afghan Taliban’s Shura Council.

Al-Balagh Media Center released on jihadist forums on April 12, 2010, the text of an interview it said it held with Sirajuddin Haqqani, a senior leader in the Haqqani Network and a member of the Afghan Taliban’s Shura Council.  

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The military situation in South Waziristan is “extremely knotty,” according to message received by a user on the Ansar al-Mujahideen English jihadist forum and posted on January 14, 2010. 

Azerbaijani fighters in Afghanistan call upon Muslims in Azerbaijan and Turkey to financially and physically support jihad in a video released on the Takva Turkish jihadist forum on January 6, 2010. 

The Takva Turkish jihadist forum released a video of an operation led by an Azerbaijani commander under Sirajuddin Haqqani, striking “apostate” and American forces.