PTQ9368 RELEASED IN PART B6 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-00 SLAMA 00154 02 OF 03 PTQ9368 080314Z ACDA-10 ACDE-00 INLB-01 AID-00 A-00 CIAE-00 SMEC-00 COME-00 CC0-00 CG-00 OASY-00 DOEE-00 DOTE-00 SRPP-00 DS-00 OIG0-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 H-01 EUR-01 INSE-00 I0-00 L-01 MC0-01 INR-00 NEA-01 NRCE-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 M-00 OMB-01 OPIC-01 PA-00 OIS-01 PM-00 SS0-00 STR-00 TRSE-00 CI0-00 SP-00 SA-01 ASDS-01 FMP-00 SNIS-00 NISC-00 PRM-10 PRME-01 DRL-09 G-00 053W ------------------8DlFA3 080315Z 38 0 071308Z JAN 97 FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD TO SECSTATE WASHDC IJ vft lEDIATE 4110 INFO AMCONSUL PESHAWAR PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TASHKENT USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA J5 AMEMBASSY BEIJING AMEMBASSY MOSCOW DIA WASHDC USMISSION USUN NEW YORK AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMCONSUL JEDDAH AMEMBASSY RIYADH USMISSION USVIENNA AMEMBASSY ALMATY CONFIDENTIAL INFO E2 UNCLASSIFIED LOG-00 CA-02 INL-01 EB-00 TEDE-00 MMP-00 OIC-02 P-00 USSS-00 DSCC-00 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 SLAMA AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT AMEMBASSY ROME 00154 02 OF 03 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY CHARLES L DARIS DATE CASE ID 06 FEB 2007 200605574 080314Z UNCLASSIFIED ACQ-01 CTME-00 EAP-01 IMMC-01 ADS-00 OCS-03 PRS-00 USIE-00 PMB-00 AMEMBASSY ' AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY UNCLASSIFIED LONDON NEW DELHI PARIS BISHKEK DUSHANBE CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 02 OF 03 ISLAMABAD 000154 CORRECTED COPY HEADER DEPT FOR SA PAB AND EUR CEN USVIENNA FOR US DEL OSCE LONDON FOR POL TUELLER PARIS FOR POL RAVELING ROME FOR POL DEMPSEY E O 12958 DECL 1 7 07 TAGS PGOV MOPS KISL PTER KWlvlN AF SUBJECT AFGHANISTAN JALALUDDIN HAQQANI' S EMERGENCE AS A KEY TALIBAN COMMANDER SOCIAL MODERATE WHO IS NOT STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE ·OF THE TALIBAN'S POSITIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN HE EXPLAINED THAT HAQQANI' S TRIBE THE ZADRANS ARE CONSIDERED MORE LIBERAL IN THEIR TREATMENT OF WOMEN THAN THE TRIBES IN THE KANDAHAR AREA NOTE MOST INFLUENTIAL TALIBAN LEADERS ARE FROM KANDAHAR PROVINCE WAHAB COJ v lJ IENTED HO'WEVER THAT HAQQANI FUNCTIONS MORE IN THE MILITARY AREA AND IS NOT A FORCE IN SETTING TALIBAN POLITICAL OR SOCIAL ISSUES CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ISLAMA 00154 02 OF 03 080314Z HAQQANI SEEN AS INFLUENCED BY ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS 7 C IN A JANUARY 6 CONVERSATION WITH POLOFF I I SAID HE TALIBAN SUPPORTER KNOWS HAQQANI AND AGREES THAT HE IS AN EFFECTIVE MILITARY STRATEGIST HE ARGUED THAT HAQQANI SHOULD BE SEEN IN HIS PROPER CONTEXT AND HE HAS CLEAR LINKS WITH ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WARMING TO THIS THEME ASSERTED THAT HAQQANI HAD DEVELOPED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH VARIOUS RADICAL ARAB GROUPS DURING THE JIHAD I I UNCLASSIFIED B6 UNCLASSIFIED I THE E RELATIONSHIPS jASSERTED HAVE CONTINUED AND IN EXCHANGE FOR WEAPONS AND MONEY HAQQANI IS OFFERING SHELTER FOR VARIOUS ARABS IN AREAS OF PAKTIA PROVINCE BRUSHING ASIDE POLOFF'S REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT f---- STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE DETAILS BUT THAT HAQQANI'S ROLE WITH THE ARABS IS WELL-KNOWN NOTE REPORTING IN OTHER CHANNELS INDICATE THAT HAQQANI MAINTAINS THESE LINKS NOT SEEN AS INFLUENTIAL WITH TALIB AN 8 C TURNING TO THE ISSUE OF HAQQANI'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TALIB AN j CONCURRED WITH WAHAB' S ASSESSMENT THAT HAQQANI PROBABLY DID NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE WITH THE TALIBAN ON POLITICAL OR SOCIAL ISSUES ALTHOUGH HE IS A MULLAH HE RELATED HAQQ ANI IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A TALIBAN AND HE HAS LITTLE CREDIBILITY WITH THEM ON ISSUES OUTSIDE OF THE MILITARY REALM HE OBSERVED THAT HAQQANI'S TIES TO ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS ARE ALSO OPPOSED BY A NUMBER OF TALIB AN OFFICIALS INCLUDING ACTING FOREIGN IN A MEETING WITH DCM IN EARLY DECEMBER MINISTER GHAUS NOTE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL ISLAMA 00154 02 OF 03 080314Z PAGE 04 MULLAH GHAUS WHEN ASKED ABOUT HAQQANI'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TALIB AN WAS DISMISSIVE AND INTIMATED THAT HAQQ ANI WAS NOT IMPORT ANT IN THE TALIBAN LEADERSHIP HIERARCHY NONETHELESS ___ ___ ADVISED HAQQ ANI COULD PROVE TO HAVE A NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON THE TALIB AN BY MAKING THEM MORE PRONE TO ACCEPT THE ADVICE OF ISLAMIC RADICALS ONE OF THE HARD MEN 9 C GENERAL PAYENDA DOSTAM'S REPRESENTATIVE IN ISLAMABAD TOLD POLOFF JANUARY 3 THAT MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL ARE AWARE OF HAQQANI' S EMERGENCE AS AN IMPORT ANT TALIBAN COMMANDER AND THEY SEE HIS RISE AS A MANIFESTATION OF A TALIB AN POLICY TO PLACE HARD MEN IN KEY MILITARY POSITIONS NOTE PAYENDA CHARACTERIZED THE TALIBAN'S RECENT SELECTION OF ABDUL RAZAQ AS GOVERNOR OF HERAT AS PART OF THIS TALIB AN POLICY-- REF B HAQQANI ' S ZADRAN TRIBESMEN ARE QUITE WILD HE CONTINUED AND THE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED TALJ BAN WANT THEM ON THE FRONT-LINES TO HARASS OUR FORCES PAYENDA EVINCED LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT HAQQANI HOWEVER ASSERTING THAT HE AND HIS FORCES GENERALLY LACK DISCIPLINE AND WILL INEVITABLY DEVELOP TENSIONS WITH THE TALIBAN COMMENT 10 C THE PRESENCE OF HAQQANI'S FORCES NORTH OF KABUL--WHETHER CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 05 SLAMA 00154 02 OF 03 080314Z UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL NNNN @@@OASYS@@@ CONCATENATED PTQ7332 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-00 INFO ISLAMA 00154 01 OF 03 PTQ7332 071321Z LOG-00 CA-02 INL-01 EB-00 TEDE-00 MMP-00 OIC-02 P-00 USSS-00 DSCC-00 ACDA-10 ACDE-00 INLB-01 AID-00 A-00 CCO-00 CG-00 CIAE-00 SMEC-00 COME-00 OASY-00 DOEE-00 DOTE-00 SRPP-00 DS-00 EUR-01 OIGO-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 H-01 INR-00 INSE-00 IO-00 L-01 MCO-01 M-00 NEA-01 NRCE-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OIS-01 OMB-01 OPIC-01 PA-00 PM-00 CIO-00 SP-00 SSO-00 STR-00 TRSE-00 SA-01 ASDS-01 FMP-00 SNIS-00 NISC-00 PRM-10 PRME-01 DRL-09 G-00 053W ------------------8CE265 071321Z 38 0 071308Z JAN 97 FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4109 INFO AMCONSUL PESHAWAR PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TASHKENT USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA JS AMEMBASSY BEIJING AMEMBASSY MOSCOW DIA WASHDC USMISSION USUN NEW YORK AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMCONSUL JEDDAH AMEMBASSY RIYADH UNCLASSIFIED ACQ-01 CTME-00 EAP-01 IMMC-01 ADS-00 OCS-03 PRS-00 USIE-00 PMB-00 UNCLASSIFIED USM SSION USVIENNA AMEMBASSY ALMATY CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY ISLAMA· 00154 ASHGABAT ROME LONDON NEW DELHI PARIS BISHKEK DUSHANBE 01 OF 03 071321Z CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 01 OF 03 ISLAMABAD 000154 DEPT FOR SA PAB AND EUR CEN USVIENNA FOR US DEL OSCE LONDON FOR POL TUELLER PARIS FOR POL RAVELING ROME FOR POL DEMPSEY E O 12958 DECL 1 7 07 TAGS PGOV MOPS KISL PTER KWMN AF SUBJECT AFGHANISTAN JALALUDDIN HAQQANI' S EMERGENCE AS A KEY TALIBAN COMMANDER REFS A ISLAMABAD 25 B 96 ISLAMABAD 10882 1 U CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR THOMAS PRICE 1 5 C REASON D • SUMMARY 2 C RECENT REPORTS INDICATE THAT FORMER AFGHAN RESISTANCE COMMANDER JALALUDDIN HAQQANI MAY NOW BE IN CHARGE OF THE TALIBAN'S FORCES NORTH OF KABUL VIEWS OF HAQQANI' S ROLE WITH THE TALIBAN CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ISLAMA 00154 01 OF 03 071321Z ARE MIXED SOME OBSERVERS SEE HIM AS AN EFFECTIVE MILITARY LEADER WITH SOCIALLY MODERATE VIEWS OTHERS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT HAQQANI'S LINKS TO ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS OBSERVERS TEND TO AGREE THAT HAQQANI AT THIS TIME PROBABLY HAS MORE INFLUENCE WITH THE TALIBAN ON MILITARY STRATEGY THAN ON POLITICAL OR SOCIAL ISSUES END SUMMARY NEW ROLE AS KEY COMMANDER NORTH OF KABUL 3 C RECENT PRESS AND RADIO REPORTS INDICATE THAT FORMER AFGHAN RESISTANCE COMMANDER JALALUDDIN HAQQANI MAY NOW BE IN CHARGE OF THE TALIBAN'S FORCES NORTH OF KABUL THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMATION FROM THE TALIBAN THAT HAQQANI HAS BEEN PLACED IN SUCH A POSITION AND HIS FORMAL TALIBAN TITLE REMAINS ACTING MINISTER OF TRIBES AND BORDERS IF HAQQANI HAS ASSUMED THE LEAD ROLE NORTH OF KABUL--THE WAR'S MOST IMPORTANT SECTOR--HE WILL HAVE TAKEN OVER A POSITION PREVIOUSLY HELD BY MULLAH BORJAN FORMERLY THE TALIBAN'S CHIEF MILITARY COMMANDER WHO WAS KILLED NEAR KABUL IN LATE SEPTEMBER 1996 4 C HAQQANI 50 HAS BEEN A COMMANDER FOR THE TALIBAN SINCE THE GROUP'S BEGINNING IN 1994 BEFORE 1994 HE WAS A MAJOR COMMANDER FOR HEZB-I-ISLAMI KHALIS IN PAKTIA PROVINCE DURING THE SOVIETAFGHAN WAR REPORTEDLY HE COMMANDS THE RESPECT OF HIS FELLOW ZADRAN TRIBESMEN FROM THE PAKTIA-PAKTIKA AREA AND HAS BROUGHT A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM WITH HIM TO THE KABUL FRONT A MULLAH HAQQANI STUDIED FOR SIXT EN YEARS IN AFGHAN AND PAKISTANI MADRASSAHS CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 ISLAMA 00154 01 OF 03 071321Z A TOUGH MILITARY LEADER 5 C ABDUL WAHAB FIRST SECRETARY AT THE AFGHAN EMBASSY IN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED ISLAJ 1ABAD AND A TALIBAN SUPPORTER TOLD POLOFF JANUARY 1 THAT HE COULD NOT CONFIRM THAT HAQQANI HAS ASSUMED THE ROLE OF CHIEF COMMANDER ON THE KABUL FRONT HE THOUGHT HOWEVER THAT HAQQANI HAD BECOME ONE OF THE TALIBAN'S KEY MILITARY COMMANDERS BECAUSE HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS TOUGHNESS AND MILITARY EFFECTIVENESS WAHAB A FORMER HEZB-I-ISLAMI KHALIS CO tv MANDER LIKE HAQQANI CLAIMED THAT HAQQANI PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE TALIBAN'S DEFEAT OF HEZB-I-ISLAMI HEKMATYAR FORCES IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN IN AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1996 HE EXPLAINED THAT GHILZAIS A MAJOR BRANCH OF THE PASHTUN ETHNIC GROUP IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN HAD DEFECTED FROM HEKMATYAR TO THE TALIBAN LARGELY BECAUSE OF HAQQANI'S SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO TURN THEM AGAINST·THE KABUL REGIME NOTE GULBUDDIN HEKMATYAR SERVED AS THE FORMER KABUL REGIME'S PRIME MINISTER FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THE TALIBAN SEIZED KABUL IN SEPTEMBER 1996 PORTRAYED AS A SOCIAL MODERATE 6 C ASKED ABOUT HAQQANI'S VIEWS ON THE TALIBAN'S SOCIAL POLICIES WAHAB REPLIED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT OF HAQQANI AS A CONFIDENTIAL NNNNPTQ7334 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-00 ISLAMA INFO ACDA-10 CCO-00 OASY-00 EUR-01 LOG-00 CA-02 INL-01 EB-00 00154 02 OF 03 ACDE-00 CG-00 DOEE-00 OIGO-01 INLB-01 CIAE-00 DOTE-00 FAAE-00 PTQ7334 071323Z AID-00 SMEC-00 SRPP-00 FBIE-00 A-00 COME-00 DS-00 H-01 UNCLASSIFIED ACQ-01 CTME-00 EAP-01 IMMC-01 UNCLASSIFIED INSE-00 IO-00 L-01 MCO-01 NEA-01 NRCE-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OMB-01 OPIC-01 PA-00 PM-00 cro-oo SP-00 SSO-00 STR-00 TRSE-00 ASDS-01 FMP-00 SA-01 SNIS-00 NISC-00 PRM-10 PRME-01 DRL-09 G-00 053W ------------------8CE279 071324Z 38 0 071308Z JAN 97 FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD TO SECSTATE WASHDC I MMEDIATE 4110 INFO AMCONSUL PESHAWAR PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TASHKENT USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA J5 AMEMBASSY BEIJING AMEMBASSY MOSCOW DIA WASHDC USMISSION USON NEW YORK AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMCONSUL JEDDAH AMEMBASSY RIYADH USMISSION USVIENNA AMEMBASSY ALMATY CONFIDENTIAL TEDE-00 MMP-00 OIC-02 P-00 USSS-00 DSCC-00 INR-00 M-00 OIS-01 ADS-00 OCS-03 PRS-00 USIE-00 PMB-00 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 SLAMA 00154 02 OF 03 071323Z AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT AMEMBASSY ROME RUEHQ QU'X 2 Q QI- Q9 JUW#'RFJ7WQQVM8QQQ KQQQQQO RUEHC RUEHNT RUCJANJNMW5QUWQ5 ONSUL PESHAWAR PRIORITY 4089 AMEMBASSY TASHKENT USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA J5 AMEMBASSY BEIJING AMEMBASSY MOSCOW DIA WASHDC USMISSION USON NEW YORK AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMCONSUL JEDDAH AMEMBASSY RIYADH USMISSION USVIENNA AMEMBASSY ALMATY AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT UNCLASSIFIED AIYIE MBASSY AIYIEMBASSY AIYIEMBASSY AIYIEMBASSY AIYIEMBASSY AIYIEMBASSY UNCLASSIFIED ROME LONDON NEW DELHI PARIS BISHKEK DUSHANBE CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 02 OF 03 ISLAMABAD 000154 DEPT FOR SA PAB AND EUR CEN USVIENNA FOR US DEL OSCE LONDON FOR POL TUELLER PARIS FOR POL RAVELING ROME FOR POL DEMPSEY E O 12958 DECL 1 7 07 TAGS PGOV MOPS KISL PTER KWMN AF CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 SLAMA 00154 02 OF 03 071323Z SUBJECT AFGHANISTAN JALALUDDIN HAQQANI'S EMERGENCE AS A KEY TALIBAN COMivlANDER SOCIAL MODERATE WHO IS NOT STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE TALIBAN'S POSITIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN HE EXPLAINED THAT HAQQANI' S TRIBE THE ZADRANS ARE CONSIDERED MORE LIBERAL IN THEIR TREATMENT OF WOMEN THAN THE TRIBES IN THE KANDAHAR AREA NOTE MOST INFLUENTIAL TALIBAN LEADERS ARE FROM KANDAHAR PROVINCE WAHAB COMMENTED HOWEVER THAT HAQQANI FUNCTIONS MORE IN THE MILITARY AREA AND IS NOT A FORCE IN SETTING TALIBAN POLITICAL OR SOCIAL ISSUES HAQQANI SEEN AS INFLUENCED BY ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS 7 C IN A JANUARY 6 CONVERSATION WITH POLOFF I IA TALIBAN SUPPORTER SAID HE KNOWS HAQQANI AND AGREES THAT HE IS AN EFFECTIVE MILITARY STRATE GIST HE ARGUED THAT HAQQANI SHOULD BE SEEN IN HIS PROPER CONTEXT AND HE HAS CLEAR LINKS WITH ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WARMING TO THIS THEMEJ ASSERTED THAT HAQQANI HAD DEVELOPED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH VARIOUS RADICAL ·ARAB GROUPS DURING THE JIHAD THESE RELATIONSHIPS ASSERTED HAVE CONTINUED AND IN EXCHANGE FOR WEAPONS AND MONEY HAQQANI IS OFFERING SHELTER FOR I UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED VARJ OUS ARA BS IN AREAS OF PAKTIA PROVINCE BRUSHING ASIDE --- POLOFF'S REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT ' - - - - - - - ' STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE DETAILS BUT THAT HAQQANI'S ROLE WITH THE 11 ARABS 11 IS WELL-KN'OWN n NOTE REPORTING IN OTHER CHANNELS INDICATE THAT HAQQANI MAINTAINS THESE LINKS CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL ISLAMA PAGE 04 00154 02 OF 03 071323Z NOT SEEN AS INFLUENTIAL WITH TALIBAN 8 C TURNING TO THE ISSUE OF HAQQANI'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TALIBAN CONCURRED WITH WAHAB s ASSESSMENT THAT HAQQANI PROBABLY DID NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE WITH THE TALIBAN ON POLITICAL OR SOCIAL ISSUES ALTHOUGH HE IS A MULLAH HE RELATED nHAQQANI IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A TALIBAN AND HE HAS LITTLE CREDIBILITY WITH THEM ON ISSUES OUTSIDE OF THE MILITARY REALM n HE OBSERVED THAT HAQQANI'S TIES TO ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS ARE ALSO OPPOSED BY A NUMBER OF TALIBAN OFFICIALS INCLUDING ACTING FOREIGN NOTE IN A MEETING WITH DCM IN EARLY DECEMBER MINISTER GHAUS MULLAH GHAUS WHEN ASKED ABOUT HAQQANI'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TALIBAN WAS DISMISSIVE AND INTIMATED THAT HAQQANI WAS NOT IMPORTANT IN THE TALIBAN LEADERSHIP HIERARCHY NONETHELESS ADVISED IHAQQANI COULD PROVE TO HAVE A NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON THE TALIBAN BY MAKING THEM MORE PRONE TO ACCEPT THE ADVICE OF ISLAMIC RADICALS n I I f ONE OF THE nHARD MENn 9 C GENERAL PAYENDA DOSTAM'S REPRESENTATIVE IN ISLAMABAD TOLD POLOFF JANUARY 3 THAT MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL ARE AWARE OF HAQQANI'S EMERGENCE AS AN IMPORTANT TALIBAN COMJ vIANDER AND THEY SEE HIS RISE AS A MANIFESTATION OF A TALIBAN POLICY TO PLACE nHARD MEN IN KEY MILITARY POSITIONS NOTE PAYENDA CHARACTERIZED THE TALIBAN'S RECENT SELECTION OF ABDUL RAZAQ AS GOVERNOR OF HERAT AS PART OF THIS TALIBAN POLICY-- REF B CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 05 SLAMA 00154 02 OF 03 071323Z HAQQANI' S ZADRAN TRIBESMEN ARE QUITE WILD HE CONTINUED AND THE TALIBAN WANT THEM ON THE FRONT-LINES TO HARASS OUR FORCES PAYENDA EVINCED LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT HAQQANI HOWEVER ASSERTING THAT HE AND HIS FORCES GENERALLY LACK DISCIPLINE AND WILL INEVITABLY DEVELOP TENSIONS WITH THE TALIBAN COMMENT 10 C THE PRESENCE OF HAQQANI'S FORCES NORTH OF KABUL--WHETHER CONFIDENTIAL NNNNPTQ7335 UNCLASSIFIED ' UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-00 ISLAMA 00154 03 OF 03 PTQ7335 071324Z ACDA-10 ACDE-00 INLB-01 AID-00 A-00 CCO-00 CG-00 CIAE-00 SMEC-00 COME-00 OASY-00 DOEE-00 DOTE-00 SRPP-00 DS-00 OIGO-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 H-01 EUR-01 INR-00 INSE-00 IO-00 L-01 MCO-01 M-00 NEA-01 NRCE-00 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OMB-01 OPIC-01 PA-00 OIS-01 PM-00 CIO-00 SSO-00 STR-00 SP-00 TRSE-00 SA-01 ASDS-01 FMP-00 SNIS-00 NISC-00 PRM-10 PRME-01 DRL-09 G-00 053W ------------------8CE281 071324Z 38 0 071308Z JAN 97 FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4111 INFO AMCONSUL PESHAWAR PRIORITY AMEMBASSY TASHKENT USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA JS AMEMBASSY BEIJING AMEMBASSY MOSCOW DIA WASHDC USMISSION USUN NEW YORK AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMCONSUL JEDDAH AMEMBASSY RIYADH USMISSION USVIENNA AMEMBASSY ALMATY CONFIDENTIAL INFO LOG-00 CA-02 INL-01 EB-00 TEDE-00 MMP-00 OIC-02 P-00 USSS-00 DSCC-00 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY ISLAMA ASHGABAT ROME LONDON NEW DELHI PARIS 00154 03 OF 03 071324Z UNCLASSIFIED ACQ-01 CTME-00 EAP-01 IMMC-01 ADS-00 OCS-03 PRS-00 USIE-00 PMB-00 ' AMit MBASSY BISHKEK AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 03 OF 03 ISLAMABAD 000154 DEPT FOR SA Plffi AND EUR CEN USVIENNA FOR US DEL OSCE LONDON FOR POL TUELLER PARIS FOR POL RAVELING ROME FOR POL DEMPSEY E O 12958 DECL 1 7 07 TAGS PGOV MOPS KISL PTER KWMN AF SUBJECT AFGHANISTAN JALALUDDIN HAQQANI ' S EMERGENCE AS A KEY TALIBAN COMMANDER HAQQANI IS OVERALL COMMANDER OF THE SECTOR OR NOT--IS SIGNIFICANT AND HAS UNDOUBTEDLY ADDED TO THE MILITARY CLOUT OF THE TALIBAN AT THE S AME TIME THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT HE IS INFLUENTIAL IN TALIBAN CIRCLES BECAUSE OF HAQQANI'S LINKS TO EXTREMISTS HOWEVER HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TALIBAN BEARS CLOSE SCRUTINY SIMONS CONFIDENTIAL NNNN UNCLASSIFIED