SecurityCode: Khalil Haqqani’s assassination reveals a lethal power struggle between Afghan Taliban

For decades, the so-called Haqqani Network—led by jihadist warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani and the biggest global practitioner of suicide terrorism—was the most trusted asset of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence. The assassination of Jalauddin’s brother, Khalil, shows a brutal power struggle has now begun, pitting the Haqqani Network against the ISI and the rest of the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan.