| 1. Sirajuddin Haqqani leads the Haqqani network, identified as a foreign terrorist organization. |
| 2. He became Afghanistan's Minister of Interior Affairs in the new Taliban government cabinet formed in September 2021. |
| 3. Raised in Miramshah, Pakistan, Sirajuddin attended the Darul Uloom Haqqania Deobandi Islamic seminary. |
| 4. His father, Jalaluddin Haqqani, established the Haqqani network in the late 1970s to combat various forces as an Afghan guerrilla group. |
| 5. Sirajuddin Haqqani implements more severe tactics than his father and maintains ties with citizens from Arab Gulf countries. |
| 6. The Haqqani network collaborates with groups like al-Qaida, Tehreek-i-Taliban in Pakistan, among others. |
| 7. In August 2016, Sirajuddin Haqqani was chosen as the deputy to Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Afghan Taliban. |
| 8. He assumed leadership of the Haqqani Network in 2018 following the death of his father Jalaluddin Haqqani. |
| 9. He is from the Zadran tribe in Wuza Zadran (Gerda Seray) district of Paktia province. |
| 10. As Interior Minister, he has control over more than 230,000 police and security personnel. |
| 11. He was formerly wanted by the FBI for his role in the 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack that killed six people, including American citizen Thor David Hesla. |
| 12. He remains on the FBI's most-wanted list with a 10 million dollar reward for information leading to his capture. |
| 13. In 2022, after long concealing his face, he allowed himself to be openly photographed and filmed in public. |
| 14. He has met with international leaders including EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson and U.N. Under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths. |
| 15. The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated him as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224 on 11 March 2008. |
| 16. The United Nations Security Council Committee listed him pursuant to resolution 1988 on 13 September 2007. |
| 17. The Haqqani network is primarily based in North Waziristan, Pakistan, and conducts cross-border operations into eastern Afghanistan and Kabul. |
| 18. The Haqqani network is considered the most lethal and sophisticated insurgent group targeting U.S., Coalition, and Afghan forces in Afghanistan. |
