Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012
PL 112-168 (S.1959), enacted 08/10/2012

126 STAT. 1299 
PUBLIC LAW 112–168—AUG. 10, 2012 
Public Law 112–168 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To require a report on the designation of the Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist 
organization and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haqqani Network Terrorist 
Designation Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF THE HAQQANI NETWORK AS 
A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) A report of the Congressional Research Service on rela-
tions between the United States and Pakistan states that ‘‘[t]he 
terrorist network led by Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son 
Sirajuddin, based in the FATA, is commonly identified as the 
most dangerous of Afghan insurgent groups battling U.S.-led 
forces in eastern Afghanistan’’. 
(2) The report further states that, in mid-2011, the 
Haqqanis undertook several high-visibility attacks in Afghani-
stan. First, a late June assault on the Intercontinental Hotel 
in Kabul by 8 Haqqani gunmen and suicide bombers left 18 
people dead. Then, on September 10, a truck bomb attack 
on a United States military base by Haqqani fighters in the 
Wardak province injured 77 United States troops and killed 
5 Afghans. A September 13 attack on the United States 
Embassy compound in Kabul involved an assault that sparked 
a 20-hour-long gun battle and left 16 Afghans dead, 5 police 
officers and at least 6 children among them. 
(3) The report further states that ‘‘U.S. and Afghan officials 
concluded the Embassy attackers were members of the Haqqani 
network’’. 
(4) In September 22, 2011, testimony before the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff Admiral Mullen stated that ‘‘[t]he Haqqani network, 
for one, acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan’s Inter-Services 
Intelligence agency. With ISI support, Haqqani operatives plan 
and conducted that [September 13] truck bomb attack, as well 
as the assault on our embassy. We also have credible evidence 
they were behind the June 28th attack on the Intercontinental 
Hotel in Kabul and a host of other smaller but effective oper-
ations’’. 
(5) In October 27, 2011, testimony before the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, Secretary 
Jalaluddin 
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126 STAT. 1300 
PUBLIC LAW 112–168—AUG. 10, 2012 
of State Hillary Clinton stated that ‘‘we are taking action 
to target the Haqqani leadership on both sides of the border. 
We’re increasing international efforts to squeeze them oper-
ationally and financially. We are already working with the 
Pakistanis to target those who are behind a lot of the attacks 
against Afghans and Americans. And I made it very clear 
to the Pakistanis that the attack on our embassy was an 
outrage and the attack on our forward operating base that 
injured 77 of our soldiers was a similar outrage.’’. 
(6) At the same hearing, Secretary of State Clinton further 
stated that ‘‘I think everyone agrees that the Haqqani Network 
has safe havens inside Pakistan; that those safe havens give 
them a place to plan and direct operations that kill Afghans 
and Americans.’’. 
(7) On November 1, 2011, the United States Government 
added Haji Mali Kahn to a list of specially designated global 
terrorists under Executive Order 13224. The Department of 
State described Khan as ‘‘a Haqqani Network commander’’ 
who has ‘‘overseen hundreds of fighters, and has instructed 
his subordinates to conduct terrorist acts.’’ The designation 
continued, ‘‘Mali Khan has provided support and logistics to 
the Haqqani Network, and has been involved in the planning 
and execution of attacks in Afghanistan against civilians, coali-
tion forces, and Afghan police’’. According to Jason Blazakis, 
the chief of the Terrorist Designations Unit of the Department 
of State, Khan also has links to al-Qaeda. 
(8) Five other top Haqqani Network leaders have been 
placed on the list of specially designated global terrorists under 
Executive Order 13224 since 2008, and three of them have 
been so placed in the last year. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the overall 
leader of the Haqqani Network as well as the leader of the 
Taliban’s Mira shah Regional Military Shura, was designated 
by the Secretary of State as a terrorist in March 2008, and 
in March 2009, the Secretary of State put out a bounty of 
$5,000,000 for information leading to his capture. The other 
four individuals so designated are Nasiruddin Haqqani, Khalil 
al Rahman Haqqani, Badruddin Haqqani, and Mullah Sangeen 
Zadran. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Haqqani Network meets the criteria for designation 
as a foreign terrorist organization as set forth in section 219 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 
(2) the Secretary of State should so designate the Haqqani 
Network as a foreign terrorist organization under such section 
219. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress— 
(A) a detailed report on whether the Haqqani Network 
meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist 
organization as set forth in section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 
(B) if the Secretary determines that the Haqqani Net-
work does not meet the criteria set forth under such section 
219, a detailed justification as to which criteria have not 
been met. 
Nasiruddin 
Haqqani. 
Khalil al 
Rahman 
Haqqani. 
Badruddin 
Haqqani. 
Mullah Sangeen 
Zadran. 
Sirajuddin 
Haqqani. 
Haji Mali Kahn. 
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126 STAT. 1301 
PUBLIC LAW 112–168—AUG. 10, 2012 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1959: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 157 (2011): Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 158 (2012): July 17, considered and passed House, amended. 
July 26, Senate concurred in House amendment. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
infringe upon the sovereignty of Pakistan to combat militant or 
terrorist groups operating inside the boundaries of Pakistan. 
Approved August 10, 2012. 
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