Pompeo's pending Pakistan visit may have prompted Taliban to report Haqqani's death
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group that has carried out some of the deadliest attacks against U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, was unofficially reported dead in 2014 and hadn't been seen publicly since well before that.
Meanwhile, his son had risen into the top ranks of the Taliban.
The Taliban's announcement Tuesday that Haqqani had died after a long illness confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets of the Afghan war, raising speculation about why the insurgent group decided to go public
