US lifts $10 million reward for information on Taliban senior leader Sirajuddin Haqqani

US drops bounties on key Taliban leaders

It is a significant move given that the Haqqani network is accused of carrying out some of the most high-profile and deadly attacks in Afghanistan during the US-led war in the country.

US lifts millions in bounties on senior Taliban officials - West Hawaii Today

The United States has lifted multimillion-dollar bounties on three senior Taliban officials, according to Afghan authorities and a senior U.S. official. The move is a significant shift by the Trump administration toward militants who were behind some of the deadliest attacks during the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan but have refashioned themselves as a more moderate voice within the Taliban.

US lifts millions in bounties on senior Taliban officials

The US had offered $26.8 million in bounties for information about three Taliban leaders.

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Sirauddin Haqqani, leader of the Haqqani network, had a 10 million dollar bounty hanging on him. For Taliban officials, this is a counterpart for the release of an American hostage, but according to some commentators, Washington may decide to reopen its embassy in Kabul. In the meantime, the rift between the Haqqani network and the supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is widening.

US lifts bounties on three Taliban figures

The U.S. lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan's former Western-backed government, officials in Kabul said Sunday.