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Hekmatyar Disappoints Again, Setback for Pakistan
 [KhaamaPress] Gulbaddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan, the most radical krazed killer resistant group against the Soviet invasion and now turned politician, has once again disappointed his masters‐Pak establishment‐ by performing extremely poor in the electoral results. He secured only 70,427 (3.85%) votes. The penalty of one million Afghanis, having failed to secure 10% of the votes, adds salt to the wounds. As a warlord, he failed to capture Kabul and as a politician, he fails to secure 10% votes let alone claiming victory in presidential elections.The history between Pakistain, particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence ...the Pak military intelligenceagency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir... (ISI) Directorate, and Gulbaddin Hekmatyar date back to 1973 when the Afghanistan's Caped President Daud initiated cracking down on the Islamist leaders and compelled them to exile. Hekmatyar was among the rebels who were received by the Zulfiqar Bhutto government as ’state guests’ and received training, logistics and monetary assistance from the ISI which valued them as strategic assets against the nationalist policies and expansionist aspirations of Afghan premier, Daud Khan. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-30 |
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