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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1959 

To require a report on the designation of the Haqqani Network as a foreign 

terrorist organization and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 7, 2011 

Mr. BURR (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COATS, Mr. 

BLUNT, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. WARNER, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. CORKER, Mr. KIRK, and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require a report on the designation of the Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist organization and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haqqani Network Ter5 rorist Designation Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF THE HAQQANI NET2 WORK AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA3 TION. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find5 ings: 

6 (1) A report of the Congressional Research 

7 Service on relations between the United States and 

8 Pakistan states that ‘‘[t]he terrorist network led by 

9 Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin, based in 

10 the FATA, is commonly identified as the most dan11 gerous of Afghan insurgent groups battling U.S.-led 

12 forces in eastern Afghanistan’’. 

13 (2) The report further states that, in mid-2011, 

14 the Haqqanis undertook several high-visibility at15 tacks in Afghanistan. First, a late June assault on 

16 the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul by 8 Haqqani 

17 gunmen and suicide bombers left 18 people dead. 

18 Then, on September 10, a truck bomb attack on a 

19 United States military base by Haqqani fighters in 

20 the Wardak province injured 77 United States 

21 troops and killed 5 Afghans. A September 13 attack 

22 on the United States Embassy compound in Kabul 

23 involved an assault that sparked a 20-hour-long gun 

24 battle and left 16 Afghans dead, 5 police officers 

25 and at least 6 children among them. 


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1 (3) The report further states that ‘‘U.S. and 

2 Afghan officials concluded the Embassy attackers 

3 were members of the Haqqani network’’. 

4 (4) In September 22, 2011, testimony before 

5 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 

6 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral 

7 Mullen stated that ‘‘[t]he Haqqani network, for one, 

8 acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan’s Inter-Services 

9 Intelligence agency. With ISI support, Haqqani 

10 operatives plan and conducted that [September 13] 

11 truck bomb attack, as well as the assault on our em12 bassy. We also have credible evidence they were be13 hind the June 28th attack on the Intercontinental 

14 Hotel in Kabul and a host of other smaller but effec15 tive operations’’. 

16 (5) In October 27, 2011, testimony before the 

17 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep18 resentatives, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stat19 ed that ‘‘we are taking action to target the Haqqani 

20 leadership on both sides of the border. We’re in21 creasing international efforts to squeeze them oper22 ationally and financially. We are already working 

23 with the Pakistanis to target those who are behind 

24 a lot of the attacks against Afghans and Americans. 

25 And I made it very clear to the Pakistanis that the 


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1 attack on our embassy was an outrage and the at2 tack on our forward operating base that injured 77 

3 of our soldiers was a similar outrage.’’. 

4 (6) At the same hearing, Secretary of State 

5 Clinton further stated that ‘‘I think everyone agrees 

6 that the Haqqani Network has safe havens inside 

7 Pakistan; that those safe havens give them a place 

8 to plan and direct operations that kill Afghans and 

9 Americans.’’. 

10 (7) On November 1, 2011, the United States 

11 Government added Haji Mali Kahn to a list of spe12 cially designated global terrorists under Executive 

13 Order 13224. The Department of State described 

14 Khan as ‘‘a Haqqani Network commander’’ who has 

15 ‘‘overseen hundreds of fighters, and has instructed 

16 his subordinates to conduct terrorist acts.’’ The des17 ignation continued, ‘‘Mali Khan has provided sup18 port and logistics to the Haqqani Network, and has 

19 been involved in the planning and execution of at20 tacks in Afghanistan against civilians, coalition 

21 forces, and Afghan police’’. According to Jason 

22 Blazakis, the chief of the Terrorist Designations 

23 Unit of the Department of State, Khan also has 

24 links to al-Qaeda. 


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1 (8) Five other top Haqqani Network leaders 

2 have been placed on the list of specially designated 

3 global terrorists under Executive Order 13224 since 

4 2008, and three of them have been so placed in the 

5 last year. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the overall leader of 

6 the Haqqani Network as well as the leader of the 

7 Taliban’s Mira shah Regional Military Shura, was 

8 designated by the Secretary of State as a terrorist 

9 in March 2008, and in March 2009, the Secretary 

10 of State put out a bounty of $5,000,000 for infor11 mation leading to his capture. The other four indi12 viduals so designated are Nasiruddin Haqqani, 

13 Khalil al Rahman Haqqani, Badruddin Haqqani, 

14 and Mullah Sangeen Zadran. 

15 (b) REPORT.— 

16 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 

17 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

18 Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 

19 committees of Congress— 

20 (A) a detailed report on whether the 

21 Haqqani Network meets the criteria for des22 ignation as a foreign terrorist organization as 

23 set forth in section 219 of the Immigration and 

24 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 


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1 (B) if the Secretary determines that the 

2 Haqqani Network does not meet the criteria set 

3 forth under such section 219, a detailed jus4 tification as to which criteria have not been 

5 met. 

6 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

7 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

8 include a classified annex. 

9 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

10 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro11 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

13 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 

14 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

15 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

16 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma17 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

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