Yes, the Haqqani family is running the show in AFG on instructions from parts of the ISI. However, it could have been internal power fights among the Talibans.
Kind of like when Heydrich got bumped off. Nobody in the Nazi hierarchy shed a tear, they all hated him.
Yeah, the Haqqanis might be the real prize here. Do we know which son and son-in-law bought the farm. Papa’s got a few of them.