Do me a favor- when you read an article about the war in Afghanistan, make a mental note of how many times you see the attacks attributed to the HQN. This article is but one example:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4320941...talibans-new-tactic-high-profile-inside-jobs/
The HQN is now and has been for a while, the most dangerous anti-coalition force in Afghanistan. Although they are often considered part of the Taliban, they are for the most part their own separate organization. If we're going to get serious about stabilizing Afghanistan, then we need to get serious about dismantling the HQN and their ISI support network. If we can buy them off or reconcile them great, but I think at this point we're going to have to kill off a lot of the major leaders as either irreconcilable on their own or too scared of the PAKs to give up the fight. Either way, with AQ pretty much eliminated as a threat in the AFPAK region, it's time to go after the people who really matter, and that's the ISI's proxy force, the HQN.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4320941...talibans-new-tactic-high-profile-inside-jobs/
NATO said the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network was responsible.
The HQN is now and has been for a while, the most dangerous anti-coalition force in Afghanistan. Although they are often considered part of the Taliban, they are for the most part their own separate organization. If we're going to get serious about stabilizing Afghanistan, then we need to get serious about dismantling the HQN and their ISI support network. If we can buy them off or reconcile them great, but I think at this point we're going to have to kill off a lot of the major leaders as either irreconcilable on their own or too scared of the PAKs to give up the fight. Either way, with AQ pretty much eliminated as a threat in the AFPAK region, it's time to go after the people who really matter, and that's the ISI's proxy force, the HQN.