Haqqani White House meeting
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In the mid-to-late 1980s, during the Reagan administration, a delegation of Taliban members was invited to the White House to meet with President Ronald Reagan, per John Kiriakou; a former boss of Kiriakou's served as translator for the meeting. One member of that delegation was a man named Haqqani, who went on to ally himself with al-Qaeda and became the leader of what is now known as the Haqqani network.

Later consequences

Kiriakou says the Haqqani network was responsible for the capture of U.S. Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl, and separately for the kidnapping, rape, and torture of a Canadian couple.

See also

- John Kiriakou
