'These emissaries networked primarily in southern and eastern Afghanistan and gathered disgruntled Taliban fighters as well as some local power brokers, declaring their existence openly only in 2015, gathering also a range of foreign fighters...

"Retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts told VOA that assigning members of the Haqqani network to oversee the security of Kabul is akin to the ‘fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.’ Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism...

"Retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts told VOA that assigning members of the Haqqani network to oversee the security of Kabul is akin to the ‘fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.’ Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism...

"Retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts told VOA that assigning members of the Haqqani network to oversee the security of Kabul is akin to the ‘fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.’ Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism...

"Retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts told VOA that assigning members of the Haqqani network to oversee the security of Kabul is akin to the ‘fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.’ Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism...

"Retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts told VOA that assigning members of the Haqqani network to oversee the security of Kabul is akin to the ‘fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.’ Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism...

"Retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts told VOA that assigning members of the Haqqani network to oversee the security of Kabul is akin to the ‘fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.’ Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism...

"Retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts told VOA that assigning members of the Haqqani network to oversee the security of Kabul is akin to the ‘fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.’ Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism...

"Retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts told VOA that assigning members of the Haqqani network to oversee the security of Kabul is akin to the ‘fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.’ Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism...

"Retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts told VOA that assigning members of the Haqqani network to oversee the security of Kabul is akin to the ‘fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.’ Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism...