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TOLOnews
March 24, 2018
Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar at a press conference in Kabul said President Ashraf Ghani has agreed on major parts of a peace plan offered by him to the Afghan government. He said only one issue has remained which needs the president's agreement, referring to handover of safe zones toÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 23, 2018
Three weeks after Ghani unveiled his proposal, neither the Taliban leadership nor Pakistan has responded formally, Atmar noted. Last year's Afghan government reconciliation with longtime insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar “gives us hope” for the new effort to reconcile many, if not all, of the Taliban,Ãâà...
Hindustan Times
March 21, 2018
This handout from the Afghan social activist group ArtLords taken on March 8, 2018 shows artists painting a mural of Hamida Barmaki, who, along with her husband and children, was killed in a 2011 suicide attack on a supermarket, on a blast wall near the home of warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whoseÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 20, 2018
... but he reiterated that Washington will take other steps to cut the aid coming from Pakistan to the Taliban and other groups. Head of Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Monday addressed his supporters in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province and called on the Taliban to accept government's peace offer.
TOLOnews
March 19, 2018
Hekmatyar welcomed government's peace offer and said wise people would not turn down the offer. Thumbnail. Head of Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Monday addressed his supporters in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province and called on the Taliban to accept government's peace offer. Hekmatyar said wise peopleÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 17, 2018
The mural was painted on a concrete blast wall in front of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) in western Kabul, located opposite the government-funded residence of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the notorious head of Hezb-e Islami. In 2011, Hezb-e Islami claimed responsibility for the death of HamidaÃâà...
Gandhara
March 14, 2018
Arghandiwal, Mohammad Khan, and Abdul Basir Anwar were forced out of the party on March 13 by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who founded Hizb-e Islami in the 1970s. “Nobody can force us out of this party because we registered it [as a legal entity],” Arghandiwal told Radio Free Afghanistan on March 14.
New York Times
March 4, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — When President Ashraf Ghani stood up last week to try to lure the Taliban to peace talks, promising them amnesty and political inclusion, he could point to a recent example: the deal that brought the militant group Hezb-i-Islami and its deeply divisive leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar,Ãâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
In the meantime, Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar at a press conference in Kabul said he has offered a peace plan to government and that the plan is now on the table of President Ghani and senior US officials. Based on the plan, he said, a political office should be opened for the Taliban in KabulÃâà...
