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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar registers as presidential hopeful

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KABUL).

Hekmatyar will run for the presidency, with Dr. Abdul Hadi Wazin as his first and Qazi Hafiz Rahman Naqi as his second vice-presidential hopefuls.

Born in 1948 in Kunduz province, Hekmatyar turned to politics when he was a student in Kabul Polytechnic University. He joined the movement of Jawanan-I-Muslman (Muslim Youths) in 1971when ideological tensions were at peak between right and left groups.

He was put in prison after two years of his activity with the movement and was in . . .

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