Sirajuddin Haqqani

Sirajuddin "Siraj" Haqqani (alias "Khalifa" born c. 1973 or 1977/78 ) is a Pashtun warlord and military leader from Afghanistan who fights against American and coalition forces from his base within North Waziristan in Pakistan, where it is claimed he provides shelter to Al Qaeda operatives. The U.S. government's Rewards for Justice Program is offering up to US$5 million ($5,000,000.00) US Dollars in reward for information leading to Sirajuddin Haqqani's capture.

Family life
Sirajuddin Haqqani is the son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, a famous mujahideen and military leader of pro-Taliban forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan. His younger brother, Mohammad Haqqani was killed also a member of the network and died in a drone attack on February 18, 2010. The attack was conducted in Dande Darpakhel, a village in North Waziristan.

Sirjuddin Haqqani's deputy, Sangeen Zadran, was killed by an US drone strike on 5 September, 2013.

Serena Hotel
Haqqani has admitted planning the January 14, 2008 attack against the Serena Hotel in Kabul that killed six people, including American citizen Thor David Hesla, as well as having planned the April 2008 assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Elementary School
His forces have been accused by the coalition forces of carrying out the late-December 2008 bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan at an Afghan elementary school near an Afghan barracks that killed several schoolchildren, an Afghan soldier, and an Afghan guard; no coalition or US personnel were affected.

Journalist Hostage
In November 2008, New York Times reporter David S. Rohde was captured in Afghanistan. His initial captors are believed to have been solely interested in a ransom. Sirajuddin Haqqani is reported to have been his last captor prior to his escape.

Drones
Several reports indicated that Haqqani was targeted in a massive U.S. drone attack on February 2, 2010, but that he was not in the area affected.

In March 2010 he was described as one of the leaders on the "Taliban's Quetta Shura".

In 2011, it was reported that the CIA had an opportunity to assassinate Siraj but backed off due to women and children being nearby.