Khalil Haqqani (Pashto: خلیل حقانی‎; born 1 January 1966), also known by the aliases Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani, Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani, Khaleel Haqqani and Khalil Ahmad Haqqani, is a leader of the designated terrorist group the Haqqani network,[1][2] which has an affiliation with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda based in Afghanistan.[3]