The US has removed millions of dollars in bounties from senior members of the Haqqani militant network in Afghanistan, including one on its leader Sirajuddin Haqqani who is also the Taliban government's interior minister. It is a significant move given that the Haqqani network is accused of carrying out some of the most high-profile and deadly attacks in Afghanistan during the US-led war in the country, including attacks on the American and Indian embassies, and NATO forces.
HQN is a powerful Pashtun organization in Afghanistan and Pakistan that have killed more Americans than the Shia Houthis. So, what made Trumpf decide to lift the bounties? Follow the money. China is buying Afghanistan's mineral resources needed to produce computers, smartphones, and Teslas. Last year Beijing established a rail link between the two countries and provided the Taliban with CCTV cameras to run surveillance on its citizens: foreignpolicy.com
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