The Haqqani Network is aligned with the Taliban and al Qaeda and is considered one of the most significant threats to stability in Afghanistan, security experts say. Associated with Pakistani intelligence, the network is actually a family. Last year, the New York Times called the Haqqani Network "the Sopranos of the Afghanistan War." Friday, the Obama administration said it's going to designate the group a terror organization which would make is possible to freeze any personal assets the network holds in United States banks. Based in Waziristan, a tribal area of Pakistan, they've been an effective fighting force in the region for most of the past 30 years. Their calling card is bold and complex suicide bombings, including high-profile attacks on U.S. and foreign personnel and assassinations of high level people in Kabul and northern Afghanistan, the Institute for the Study of War reports.
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Haqqani Network is a family with patriarch and now sons running terror operations
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The group is well-funded with legal and illegal businesses, expert says
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Obama administration announced it would go after Haqqani assets in U.S. banks
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