The Taliban has declared Afghanistan as an Islamic emirate, announcing its interim government. While Mullah Mohammad Hassan will be the Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Mullah Abdul Ghani and Mullah Abdul Salam will serve as deputy prime ministers.But the person in the discussion today is Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of the Haqqani group, who has been made the interior minister. He has carried out many deadly terror attacks in the last 20 years. He is the head of a notorious extremist group known as the Sirajuddin Network and has always had links with the Taliban. Sirajuddin group also has close ties with Al-Qaeda. Haqqani’s network is on the US list of terrorist organisations.