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Embassies Will Decide On Elections’ Winners And Losers: Hekmatyar

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Tolo News: Addressing an event on Friday, the Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said government and a number of embassies of foreign countries in Kabul are trying to engineer the upcoming parliamentary elections. Hekmatyar made the remarks in a meeting of the heads of political parties, movements and members of parliament who came together under a new movement known as the Grand Assembly of National Unity. The new movement includes

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Dance Like It’s 1949: Afghan Islamists Celebrate Chinese Communism

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Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 1, 2018 Sibghatullah Mojadedi, Mohammad Mohaqiq, and Mohammad Khan are among Afghanistan’s most prominent onetime hard-line Islamists. But the former warlords’ credentials have been questioned by some Afghans after they attended a celebration marking Chinese communism in Kabul. The three gray-bearded men, clad in traditional Afghan garb, were

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Hekmatyar Criticizes Election System

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Tolo News: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, on Wednesday said that if parliamentary elections are held as planned less than 10 percent of the people will have representatives in parliament. According to Hekmatyar, more than half of the country’s population will be deprived of the right to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections. “Is an election

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Flags The Only Difference Between Daesh And Taliban: Hekmatyar

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Tolo News: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami, on Monday said during a meeting visit with Nangarhar residents that Taliban and Daesh are the same – and only their flags differ.  “Talib and Daesh are the same, only their flags and names have changed. They were friends of one stronghold and they have shared aims and similar

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Discussions Underway to Extend Funding for Afghan Forces Beyond 2020: NATO Chief

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Ariana: NATO is discussing ways to extend funding for the Afghan forces beyond 2020, the alliance Secretary General said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg noted that around 3,000 more trainers have been sent to Afghanistan in the past few months, and that discussions are underway to extend funding

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Freed Hizb-e-Islami Prisoners “Fighting Alongside Taliban”

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Tolo News: Members of Hizb-e-Islami, who were released from prisons, have joined the Taliban in Kandahar province and are causing security problems in the province, Kandahar Golice Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq said on Monday. In an interview with Sarkhat newspaper, Kandahar’s powerful police commander said the recent suicide attack, which left at least eleven children dead

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Saleh compares safe zones deal for Taliban to second Durand Line treaty

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Khaama Press: The former Afghan intelligence chief and leader of the Afghanistan Green Trend movement Amrullah Saleh reacted to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s demands for the establishment of the safe zones for the Taliban as he warned that the deal would create another major national issue for the country similar to Durand Line agreement. Click here to read

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Three Killed In Blast Outside Hekmatyar Rally In Afghanistan

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RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 19, 2018 Three people were killed when a motorcycle bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan on March 19 outside a rally being held by a veteran warlord who made peace with the government last year, officials said. At least eight more people were wounded in the explosion. The former commander, Gulbuddin

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Hizb-e-Islami Dismisses Three Senior Members

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Tolo News: Hizb-e-Islami has dismissed three senior members of the party after recent incidents and developments, the party said in a statement late Tuesday. The statement said that Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, Engineer Mohammad Khan and Dr Basir Anwar are the three members of the party who were dismissed after holding a recent meeting. Click here to read

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