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Bringing the KGB's top Afghani "Islamist" back to power.(Inside Track)(Committee for State Security's Gulbadin Hekmatyar)(Brief article)
U.S. troops in Afghanistan may soon find themselves squeezed in a new political power play in Kabul. Gulbadin Hekmatyar, leader of the radical Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), is being invited by President Hamid Karzai (almost certainly under U.S. State Department pressure) to end his long insurgency and join the Afghan government. Notorious as an extremist, intriguer, and back-stabber, Hekmatyar has bedeviled Afghanistan's politics for three decades.
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Typical of misinformation in the Western press, an Associated Press article of May 30, 2008 reported, "Hekmatyar fought the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s." However, as Afghanis and many intelligence analysts are quick to point out, Hekmatyar spent most of his time during that period murdering fellow Afghani Mujahedeen rather than fighting the Soviets. In fact, Hekmatyar, who joined the Soviet-backed communist People's Democratic ...
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- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database October 15, 2001 700+ words
...i Islami-yi Afghanistan, Gulbudin Hekmatyar, seems determined to follow his own...is a very alarming prospect because of Hekmatyar's relationship with Osama bin Laden...landmarks. At a 9 October press conference, Hekmatyar denounced efforts to build a governing...
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- Magazine article from: Newsweek Yousafzai, Babak Dehghanpisheh Andsami June 17, 2002 700+ words
...of other Afghan warlords, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's brutality stands out. During the...might do next. "For Afghanistan now, Hekmatyar is more dangerous than Al Qaeda," says...governor of Logar province, a longtime Hekmatyar stronghold. Unlike many of Afghanistan...
- IRAN: HEKMATYAR CONTINUES TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR AFGHANISTAN.(Hizb-e Islami...
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database January 16, 2003 700+ words
...Iran, Hizb-e Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar maintained a patter of anti-American...the country. At the end of December, Hekmatyar announced in leaflets distributed in...January "Financial Times" as saying that Hekmatyar recently met with Mullah Mohammad Omar...
- Iraq, Pakistan denied entry to Afghan warlord; Hekmatyar's backers got arms...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 6, 2002 700+ words
...TIMES Anti-American warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was refused entry by Iraq and Pakistan...interim government, a report said. Mr. Hekmatyar, who shelled Kabul in the 1990s during...Amin told The Washington Times that Mr. Hekmatyar's supporters in Afghanistan were given...
- Warlord returns to Afghanistan from base in Iran; Hekmatyar a threat to...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 5, 2002 700+ words
...TIMES Anti-American warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who ruthlessly shelled Kabul during...Amin said yesterday. "The bad news is Hekmatyar is back," said Mr. Amin, who is acting...Apparently, he has gone to Herat." Mr. Hekmatyar opposed the U.S.-led war on terrorism...
- Iran expels Hekmatyar.
- News wire article from: United Press International February 26, 2002 700+ words
...reported Tuesday. The report said Gulbadin Hekmatyar had left his home in the Iranian capital...The decision on the necessity of Hekmatyar's leaving Iran was delivered to him a few days ago." "Hekmatyar has left his (Tehran) residence to...
- Pakistan unlikely to take Hekmatyar.
- News wire article from: United Press International February 11, 2002 700+ words
...admit exiled Afghan warlord Gulbadin Hekmatyar, who until recently has lived in Iran...The leader of the Hezb-e-Islami, Hekmatyar has lived in Tehran since the early 1990s...however, the Iranian government closed Hekmatyar's office in the Iranian capital and...
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- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database March 20, 2002 700+ words
...told a news conference in Peshawar that Hekmatyar has been hiding in Afghanistan since...soon to prepare for a meeting between Hekmatyar and interim administration chief Hamid...Some might question the sincerity of Hekmatyar and the Hizb-i Islami. Hekmatyar referred...
Source: HighBeam Research, Bringing the KGB's top Afghani "Islamist" back to power.(Inside...