Here’s a look at the life of Ashraf Ghani, former president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: 1949 Birth place: Logar Province, Afghanistan Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Father: Shah Pesand ...

The funeral also served as a stage-managed attempt to project unity. The presence of such figures as Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami and a known adversary of the Kandahar faction ...

His remarks were perhaps a nod to the attendance of different factions at the funeral, including Gulbuddin Hekmatyar – the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, who reportedly has a troubled relationship ...

The UAE condemned Israel's move to extend its settlements into Syria's occupied Golan Heights on Monday, saying it would escalate the situation and exacerbate conflict in the region. The Emirates said ...

ex-chief executive Abdullah Abdullah and Hizb-e-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. “We have received with great sadness the news that the minister of refugees of the Islamic Emirate, Khalil-ur ...

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of a faction of the Hezb-i-Islami that is allied with the Taliban and al Qaeda, is toeing the Taliban line on conditions for “peace” in Afghanistan: a full US/NATO ...

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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, has said the appointment of a new special representative by the United Nations for Afghanistan will be a repeat of a failed experience, because past ...

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-i-Islami, has called on the United Nations to let Afghanistan’s seat stay empty if it cannot be given to the Islamic Emirate. IEA last year nominated their current ...

Meanwhile, Afghanistan former President Hamid Karzai along with Abdullah Abdullah and former Mujahideen leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar formed a Coordination Council to prevent chaos and manage affairs ...

Gul also was a close ally of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who received US assistance during the Soviet occupation and was a bitter rival of Taleban figurehead Mullah Mohammad Omar.

In October 1983, I visited Afghanistan for a media mission, and I heard from the leaders of the mujahedeen there, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, and Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, that the Soviet ...