First Level of Haqqani Network Leadership Family based

First Level of Haqqani Network Leadership • Family based and Hierarchical in structure • Founded by Jalaluddin Haqqani • Sirajuddin Haqqani – Strategic Leader • Currently advised by Jalaluddin Haqqani, his father • Badruddin Haqqani – Operational Commander until his death in 2012

Second Level of Haqqani Network Leadership • Senior Commanders - based out of North Waziristan, Pakistan • In charge of strategy direction and of financial operations • Local Commanders • In charge of recruiting and logistics in their area • Use familial connections to interact with foreign fighters • Responsible for gaining community support

Third Level of Haqqani Network Leadership • Core Fighters • Supporters of the Haqqani Network ideology • Full members of the Haqqani Network • Cash Fighters • Not consistent in their participation with Haqqani Network • Work with them for money on occasion • Foreign Fighters • Trainers for the recruits that local commanders enlist • May also be used for attacks that are more difficult to execute

Non-Family Members and Associates of the Haqqani Network • Expanded from just family to a hierarchical structure • Graduates of Dar al-Ulum Haqqaniya madrassa • Jalaluddin Haqqani attended school here • Connections to the Taliban and al Qaeda • Foreign fighters of Haqqani Network sometimes used for their missions outside of Afghanistan • Still wish to maintain autonomy from these organizations and rely on local commanders to decide the level of participation foreign fighters will have in their missions

Stability of Haqqani Network Leadership • Familial connections lend them stability that other organizations without this lack • Badruddin Haqqani passing was not nearly as detrimental to them as it would be for other organizations, despite the high-level of his position • Hierarchy makes it easy for organization to stay clear to not have disputes that could lead to a break in the organization • Financially stability makes it easy for them to organize, if necessary • Recently expanded into Turkey and Chechnya • Leadership passed down generationally, so as long as their family stays in contact and their children are involved, they will remain stable