Haqqani’s super duper elite troops. Someone else sponsors the Red Unit, the Taliban’s special forces/shock troops first deployed in Sangin town in Helmand province in 2016, then claimed a victory against ISIS-Khurasan in 2018. We haven’t been hearing much from them recently, for some reason. It should be noted that Sirajuddin Haqqani is counted among Al Qaeda’s leadership, probably their regional vice president for Afghanistan...