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Hek's Mom dies in Peshawar
The mother of former Afghan Mujahideen leader Gulbaddin Hekmatyar, wanted by the US after being declared a terrorist, died in a Afghan refugee camp near here on Monday. She was 90. The deceased was living in the camp with her younger son, Shahabuddin. Another son Nizamuddin is also alive but two of her sons went missing in Afghanistan during the rule of the late communist president Hafizullah Amin. Her largely-attended funeral was held at the Shamshatoo camp, which served as headquarters for Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-Islami party during Jehad against the Soviet occupation troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Among the mourners was MMA leader and Senior Provincial Minister Sirajul Haq. Some other MMA leaders who attended the Nimaz-i-Janaza include Senator Professor Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, MNA Sabir Hussain Awan and MPA Javed Khan Mohmand. Hezb-I-Islami's deputy head Qutbuddin Hilal escorted them and other prominent guests at the funeral.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-04-29 |
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