Mullah Sangeen Zadran

Taliban circulates video of Haqqanis plotting 2010 suicide raid against U.S. troops

Bill Roggio | August 22, 2022

Sirajuddin Haqqani, who at the time was the operational commander of the Haqqani Network, was joined by his brother Badruddin Haqqani, Qari Zakir, the Taliban’s chief of suicide bombers, Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a dangerous Haqqani leader, and Ghani Muhammad, an Al Qaeda-linked military commander based in Pakistan, in the video. They give a send off to the suicide assault team that attacked Forward Operating Base Fenty on Nov. 12, 2010.

Taliban lionizes Haqqani commander who celebrated ties to Al Qaeda, held American hostage

Bill Roggio | September 15, 2021

Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a senior Taliban and Haqqani Network leader, was intricately linked to Al Qaeda. he viewed the two groups as inseparable “brothers.” The U.S. killed Sangeen and an Al Qaeda bomb maker in a drone strike in Pakistan in 2013.

Taliban rejects peace talks, emphasizes alliance with al Qaeda in new video

Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio | December 9, 2016

A new video from the Taliban features several images and clips of al Qaeda leaders, further demonstrating that the two remain firmly allied more than 15 years after the 9/11 hijackings.

Mullah Sangeen Zadran, al Qaeda commander reported killed in drone strike

Bill Roggio | September 6, 2013

The senior Haqqani Network commander and a Lashkar al Zil explosives expert are said to be among those killed in yesterday’s strike in North Waziristan.

Bill Roggio | July 17, 2009

The Haqqani Network commander has been a major target of US forces. The US has launched attacks against him in Afghanistan and Pakistan.