Ibrahim Haqqani

Ibrahim Haqqani is a citizen of Afghanistan, a prominent member of the Zadran tribe, who served with the Taliban, and was later a high level appointee of Hamid Karzai, the President who replaced the Taliban.[1][2]

He is a brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani, often described as the Taliban's Senior military leader in Afghanistan.[1][2] He Approached the NATO forces in 2002 at the behest of Jalaluddin Haqqani and Abdul Jalil, but was instead arrested and tortured. upon his release, Ibrahim Haqqani was appointed a governor by Hamid Karzai, the more diplomatic president.

When the US Senate's Intelligence Committee it published a 600-page unclassified summary of its investigation the CIA torture program it confirmed that Haqqani had been held by the CIA in its archipelago of black sites.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Decisive push on al-Qaeda caves approaching". USA Today. 2002-03-11. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  2. 1 2 "Afghan power brokers: Playing the tribal loyalty card". Christian Science Monitor. 2002-06-10. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  3. ↑ Swati Shara (2014-12-09). "List of the 119 prisoners detained in CIA’s secret prisons program". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-12-11.


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