112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1959 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haqqani Network Ter3 rorist Designation Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF THE HAQQANI NET5 WORK AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA6 TION. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find8 ings: 

9 (1) A report of the Congressional Research 

10 Service on relations between the United States and 

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

12 Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Sirajuddin, based in 

13 the FATA, is commonly identified as the most dan14 gerous of Afghan insurgent groups battling U.S.-led 

15 forces in eastern Afghanistan’’. 

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

17 the Haqqanis undertook several high-visibility at18 tacks in Afghanistan. First, a late June assault on 

19 the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul by 8 Haqqani 

20 gunmen and suicide bombers left 18 people dead. 

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

22 United States military base by Haqqani fighters in 

23 the Wardak province injured 77 United States 

24 troops and killed 5 Afghans. A September 13 attack 

25 on the United States Embassy compound in Kabul 

26 involved an assault that sparked a 20-hour-long gun 
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1 battle and left 16 Afghans dead, 5 police officers 

2 and at least 6 children among them. 

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

4 Afghan officials concluded the Embassy attackers 

5 were members of the Haqqani network’’. 

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

7 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 

8 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral 

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

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

11 Intelligence agency. With ISI support, Haqqani 

12 operatives plan and conducted that [September 13] 

13 truck bomb attack, as well as the assault on our em14 bassy. We also have credible evidence they were be15 hind the June 28th attack on the Intercontinental 

16 Hotel in Kabul and a host of other smaller but effec17 tive operations’’. 

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

19 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep20 resentatives, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stat21 ed that ‘‘we are taking action to target the Haqqani 

22 leadership on both sides of the border. We’re in23 creasing international efforts to squeeze them oper24 ationally and financially. We are already working 

25 with the Pakistanis to target those who are behind 
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1 a lot of the attacks against Afghans and Americans. 

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

3 attack on our embassy was an outrage and the at4 tack on our forward operating base that injured 77 

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

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

7 Clinton further stated that ‘‘I think everyone agrees 

8 that the Haqqani Network has safe havens inside 

9 Pakistan; that those safe havens give them a place 

10 to plan and direct operations that kill Afghans and 

11 Americans.’’. 

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

13 Government added Haji Mali Kahn to a list of spe14 cially designated global terrorists under Executive 

15 Order 13224. The Department of State described 

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

17 ‘‘overseen hundreds of fighters, and has instructed 

18 his subordinates to conduct terrorist acts.’’ The des19 ignation continued, ‘‘Mali Khan has provided sup20 port and logistics to the Haqqani Network, and has 

21 been involved in the planning and execution of at22 tacks in Afghanistan against civilians, coalition 

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

24 Blazakis, the chief of the Terrorist Designations 
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1 Unit of the Department of State, Khan also has 

2 links to al-Qaeda. 

3 (8) Five other top Haqqani Network leaders 

4 have been placed on the list of specially designated 

5 global terrorists under Executive Order 13224 since 

6 2008, and three of them have been so placed in the 

7 last year. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the overall leader of 

8 the Haqqani Network as well as the leader of the 

9 Taliban’s Mira shah Regional Military Shura, was 

10 designated by the Secretary of State as a terrorist 

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

12 of State put out a bounty of $5,000,000 for infor13 mation leading to his capture. The other four indi14 viduals so designated are Nasiruddin Haqqani, 

15 Khalil al Rahman Haqqani, Badruddin Haqqani, 

16 and Mullah Sangeen Zadran. 

17 (b) REPORT.— 

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

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

20 Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 

21 committees of Congress— 

22 (A) a detailed report on whether the 

23 Haqqani Network meets the criteria for des24 ignation as a foreign terrorist organization as 
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1 set forth in section 219 of the Immigration and 

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

3 (B) if the Secretary determines that the 

4 Haqqani Network does not meet the criteria set 

5 forth under such section 219, a detailed jus6 tification as to which criteria have not been 

7 met. 

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

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

10 include a classified annex. 

11 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

12 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro13 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

15 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 

16 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

17 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

18 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma19 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

20 House of Representatives. 

21 (c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act may be 

22 construed to infringe upon the sovereignty of Pakistan to 
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1 combat militant or terrorist groups operating inside the 

2 boundaries of Pakistan. 

Passed the Senate December 17, 2011. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1959 

AN ACT 

To require a report on the designation of the 

tion and for other purposes. Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist organiza-