Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is an Afghan politician and former warlord. He is the founder and current leader of the Hezb-e Islami political party and twice served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan during the 1990s. Read More
The Taliban is making efforts to crack deals with former Afghan officials in an attempt to gain international recognition and get back access to billions of dollars in international reserves. ...
Following the Moscow conference on Afghan peace, delegates -- representing the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban as well as Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Taliban -- held closed-door meetings and discussed the prospect ...
Canada's former ambassador to Afghanistan, Chris Alexander has said that restoring peace in Afghanistan will not be possible until Pakistan halts its "covert proxy war" in the country. ...
There have been conflicting reports about meetings between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and former leader Hamid Karzai with US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who is presently in Kabul to hold talks with official on the US-Taliban peace process. ...
Afghan President Ashraf Gh on Sunday secured a victory in presidential elections with 50.64 percent votes, the country's election commission announced after an around three-month delay of the September vote, which resulted in protests and bitter disp ...
