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Haqqani Network releases video of training camps
By BILL ROGGIO, November 17, 2011

The Haqqani Network has released footage of its fighters going though training at a camp situated along the Afghan-Pakistan border. The video provides an interesting and previously unseen look at the Haqqani Network's training of its recruits.

The footage of Haqqani Network fighters being trained was included in an approximately 69-minute-long video commemorating the team that assaulted the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul on June 28, 2011. Afghan intelligence traced the attack via an intercepted phone conversation to Badruddin Haqqani, an operational commander in the Haqqani Network who also sits on the Taliban's Miramshah Shura and is a son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the patriarch of the al Qaeda-linked network. During the attack, Badruddin was in communication with the suicide assault team and was directing the attack from Pakistan.

The video was released by Manba al-Jihad, "a media unit of the Haqqani Network within the Afghan Taliban," according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which obtained a copy of the video. The video was released on jihadist Internet forums on Nov. 11 and was also published in segments on a Taliban-linked YouTube site and linked at the Taliban's website, Voice of Jihad. YouTube has since removed some of the segments.

"The jihadi studio of Manba' al-Jihad, in the Audio and Video Department of the Media Committee of the Islamic Emirate, published a video titled, 'The Army of Badr, 1', which regards the martyrdom-seeking operation at the special conference convened in the Continental Hotel in the city of Kabul," according to a statement that accompanied the release of the video on a jihadist web forum. "The video published hot and attractive shots of the training, wills, and the operations of the mujahideen who participated in this martyrdom-seeking operation."

Although the location of the Haqqani Network camp was not disclosed, a US intelligence official told The Long War Journal that it is located in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, and not in Afghanistan. The camp shown in the video is in a mountainous area. The Haqqani Network is known to operate training camps on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border.

In the video, a platoon-sized group of about 40 fighters is seen standing in formation. The men are wearing camouflage uniforms, dark green masks, and helmets. The white flag of the Taliban is flying in several different scenes.

The video shows Haqqani Network fighters navigating a series of obstacles while instructors fire AK-47 rounds into the ground. The trainees also appear low-crawling, climbing a makeshift ladder, jumping off of a ramp, and jumping over a burning pit.

Instructors are drilling the fighters on dismounted operations from a pickup truck and a motorcycle, and on an ambush on a column. The fighters are also given a briefing on various US strike aircraft and attack helicopters, and instruction on firing anti-aircraft machine-guns.

The video documents ways in which the instructors put the Haqqani Network fighters through weapons training. The fighters are shown firing pistols and AK-47 assault rifles from various positions. They are seen firing rocket-propelled grenades, a recoilless rifle, a belt-fed machinegun, and mortars, and the video also shows them throwing hand grenades at a makeshift range. In addition, they practice carrying wounded fighters.

Interestingly, the video emerges at about the same time as 10,000 copies of a 144-page field manual written by the Haqqani Network have been distributed in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The manual is "printed on high-quality paper, with black-and-white photos and solidly bound, the manual for guerrillas and terrorists opens with directions for how to set up a jihadi cell, how to obtain financing, how to recruit members, and how to train them," according to Newsweek. "It suggests that training camps be situated far from villages, either in high mountains or the jungle, and that they be designed with multiple, hidden access routes."

The manual, which is published by "Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani," the operational commander of the Haqqani Network, justifies the use of suicide bombers, praises al Qaeda, and offers tips on how to wage jihad in Western nations.

"Blend in, shave, wear Western dress, be patient," and leave behind material that might lead authorities to suspect you are a jihadist, the manual states, according to Newsweek. "You should attack the enemy's weaker points, such as economic targets like the World Trade Center and diplomatic targets like the U.S. embassies in Africa."

The manual also provides information on a variety of firearms and explosives, and gives advice on the use of such weapons.

The Haqqani Network, which operates in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, is linked to both al Qaeda and the Pakistani military and Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate. The Haqqani Network supports and shelters a constellation of regional and international terror group groups in North Waziristan, and fights NATO and Afghan forces across the border.

Read more: Haqqani Network releases video of training camps - The Long War Journal
 
US and Afghan Army don't know where camps are? They are mostly in Nuristan, Kunar areas where there is no presence of Nato and many outlaws residing there

that is why we are fighting them actively.
 
PA does not maintain a presence in NWA.
Secondly, there is no way of proving that this is in fact NWA as the Haqqanis enjoy sanctuaries in bordering Afghan provinces as well.

Actually, PA is in NWA in some regions like Miramshah etc. Has peace deals with some commanders which is public knowledge (liek gul bahadur). It can't afford to open more fronts right now

Secondly, you are right, this is probably afghanistan.. too many drones in pakistan to do such an open training :p uncle sam likes to blame their problems on others..


these guyz can't even fight no war.....don't look professional to me...
looks like kids running around and playing some games.....
@regular: yeah.. thats why these "unprofessional kids" have been a nightmare for the "world super power" and 51+ allies for 10+ years now..
 
Is this a real Haqqani fighters training video?

Its very surprising. Haqqani people are a branch of Taliban.

All the Taliban videos that I`ve seen earlier, they dont wear camouflage outfits. This video is confusing
 
Actually, PA is in NWA in some regions like Miramshah etc. Has peace deals with some commanders which is public knowledge (liek gul bahadur). It can't afford to open more fronts right now

Secondly, you are right, this is probably afghanistan.. too many drones in pakistan to do such an open training :p uncle sam likes to blame their problems on others..

Agreed, both points acknowledged. However, this is too small a gathering to mobilize any drones......
 
haha............. Every now and then Americans want to prove sumthing right even though it is not ,there comes a video from heaven just for them to launch from the website hosted by them ................

Whether its WMD , Staging a fake killing of Osama in Pakistan , effing with iran doing nothing


So for intelligent its enough to understand whats going on who is behind the groups giving them shelter in Afghanistan when they get there a55 kicked hard by PA.

They are master of disguise and master of deception.They will use any mean to prove that they are right and world should be with them even after getting there both leg up by Talibans in Afghanistan , they want the world to believe that it is not talibans but indeed Pakistan that is problem for this world coz this apparently small country is the only freaking country in the whole world which is Muslims and have a nuclear power.

The only one standing between there evil designs to get fulfilled.Middle East is already in their hands , iran's behaviour seem strange feel like they are part pf the plan to keep the attention of the world towards them , so it all comes down to Pakistan in the end.

Our Army is doing a wonderful job by denying Americans for killing there own civilians , they should get these drone strike halted and take a strong stand on Pakistan's intrest.

Long live Pakistan , Long Live Pak Army to protect it with the help of Allah.
 
Actually, PA is in NWA in some regions like Miramshah etc. Has peace deals with some commanders which is public knowledge (liek gul bahadur). It can't afford to open more fronts right now

Secondly, you are right, this is probably afghanistan.. too many drones in pakistan to do such an open training :p uncle sam likes to blame their problems on others..



@regular: yeah.. thats why these "unprofessional kids" have been a nightmare for the "world super power" and 51+ allies for 10+ years now..

They have been an irritant as they are in a large number and if one of these will die ten will take his place,its called unconventional warfare for a reason.
 
They look good enough for an unprofessional non state actor joby. Better to nip them in the bud before Lahore or Karachi has a Mumbai like incident.

Whenever this kind of stuff shows up, we Pakistanis start to defend and Indians jump onto conclusion that this is Pakistan`s job, well i am not going to defend, but in this videos where does it say it is Pakistan? creepy looking fellas are jumping around with toys in there hand, could be India!!!

little Advice to my Indian friends, let see with open mind then drive a conclusion.
 
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