Taliban say founder of Haqqani network dies in Afghanistan
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The founder of Afghanistan's much-feared Haqqani network, a former US ally turned fierce enemy, has died after years of ill health, a Taliban spokesman said Tuesday. Jalaluddin Haqqani was 72.
Haqqani died Monday inside Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahed told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. The elderly founder of the outlawed Afghanistan-based organization, once hailed as a freedom fighter by US President Ronald Reagan, had been paralyzed for the past 10 years.
