Big Bad: A highly sought taliban leader and the major threat of Season 4.
The Chessmaster: Even though he has a lot of help from the ISI, Season 4 can pretty much be summed up as "Watch Haissam Haqqani make the CIA his bitch."
Faux Affably Evil: Can be very civil and polite, but he's very ruthless underneath the courtesy.
averted as of season 8. Ironically when he was trying to redeem himself.
Kick the Dog: Kills his nephew after the boy unwittingly plays into the CIA's hand. Later on he massacres the US Embassy in Islamabad, where he also kills Fara by knifing her in the back despite telling Lockhart he'd let her go and leave if he cooperated with him. He and his men would have then killed every last hostage there if Quinn didn't scare them off.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: He's basically the Expy of the founder of the Haqqani network, one of the most lethal terrorist organizations based in Northern Pakistan.
