The Haqqani network: one of the world's most lethal terror groups
The group is known to maintain close ties to Al Qaida, the Pakistani Taliban and to the Pakistani military intelligence services.
FILE PHOTO: Jalaluddin Haqqani points to a map of Afghanistan during a visit to Islamabad, Pakistan while his son Naziruddin looks on in 2001(photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER/FILES)ByANN M. SIMMONS / LOS ANGELES TIMESUpdated: