Lies spring from their lips with hardly a thought to prop up their cherished narrative. “The Taliban and Haqqani Network are separate entities,”
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The AQ-allied Haqqani Network is an integral part of the Taliban. Sirajuddin Haqqani has been deputy emir of the Taliban since 2015. The Haqqanis’ special forces are some of the Taliban’s most effective fighters. This is not disputable.
And this is who provides the security at the airport and in Kabul. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/06/taliban-again-affirms-haqqani-network-is-an-integral-part-of-group.php