Head of the Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Friday expressed deep concern over the growing insecurity in capital Kabul and asked people to ensure their security themselves. Hekmatyar expressed the view while addressing a huge gathering of…
KABUL (HIA) supreme leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Sunday said an interim government was the only political solution in Afghanistan, but the government in response said the HIA head in the past 40 years had no message for the Afghans except…
Juma Khan Hamdard-led Hezb-i-Islami negotiations. Hamdard, a prominent HIA member who served as governor of different provinces in the past, announced this during a gathering here in which a number of political and former jihadi figures participated. Hamdard…
KABUL (HIA) chief. The two sides have even arrived at an agreement on the venue for peace negotiations among Afghan factions, Gulbadin Hekmatyar said on Monday. In an interview with Ariana TV channel, the former mujahidin leader claimed the government…
KABUL (Pajhwok) Free media advocacy group NAI on Thursday said the existing media law did not need amendment in the current circumstances. In a statement, NAI welcomed the suspension of the amendment to the media law, describing the current…
KABUL (HIA) from Bagram prison in central Kapisa province. Ziaul Haq Amarkhel, head of the HIA-government commission and state minister for parliamentary affairs, said the 11 prisoners were released on Tuesday in line with a peace pact between the two…
KABUL (HIA) has hit out at the US for trying once again to broker a power-sharing deal between President Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah. Led by Gulbadin Hekmatyar, the HIA claimed that efforts for a power-sharing arrangement amounted to a…
KABUL (HIA) on Saturday accused the government of not releasing its prisoners to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a statement, the HIA, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Pajhwok Afghan News said Taliban and HIA prisoners were excluded from presidential decrees…
KABUL (HIA), firm control on his party has forced other key members to part ways with the party. HIA is a largest political and Jihadi party and has public support nation-wide. Some key members of the party separated ways…
KABUL delegations. Trump called off peace talks with the Taliban after a suicide bomber killed a dozen people including an American soldier in Kabul. The Gulbuddin Hekmatyar-led HIA party said President Trump’s unilateral decision was regrettable and an insult to…
KABUL representatives in Qatar, a reliable source said on Wednesday. The source based in Doha, the Qatari capital, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the HIA delegation, led by Dr. Ghairat Baheer, arrived in Qatar two days back and met with…
KABUL (HIA) chief. Gulbadin Hekmatyar is optimistic that negotiations between the Ashraf Ghani government and the Taliban would help end the conflict in the country. "Pakistan has an interest in Afghanistan’s political affairs," Hekmatyar said In an interview with RFE/RL.…
KABUL (HIA) leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Thursday said the conflict in Afghanistan continued because of the foreign forces’ presence and the lack of an impartial government. The HIA chief also called as illegal the dismissal of election commissions’ members without…
KABUL (HIA) leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s second vice-presidential candidate Qazi Hafiz Rahman Naqi was injured in an armed attack in Kabul on Tuesday evening, the party said. Haroon Zakhilwal, HIA Secretariat member, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Qazi Hafiz Rahman Naqi…
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…
KABUL (HIA) has said his party was fully prepared for upcoming presidential election and would not allow delay in the elections, according to a statement on Tuesday. HIA Head Gulbuddin Hikmatyar expressed the view during a meeting with elders, youth…
KABUL (HIA) in capital Kabul, the HIA media wing said on Friday. Fazal Ghani Haqmal, the member of the HIA media office, confirmed to Pajhwok the arrest of Haji Dawajan who is also the representative of Kochies within HIA. But…
KABUL (HIA) leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar on Wednesday discussed recently held parliamentary elections and the Afghan peace process. A statement from HIA’s media office to Pajhwok Afghan News said the two sides met at HIA’s residential compound in Kabul and discussed…
KABUL (HIA) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Tuesday said US efforts in Afghanistan yield no results and alleged stickers had been attached on millions of fraud Tazkeras in an attempt to rig the upcoming polls. Addressing media persons here, Hekmatyar expressed concern…
KABUL (HIA) leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar has said those rejecting peace and hell-bent on prolonging the conflict in Afghanistan are the enemies of the country and Islam. Addressing an Eidul Adha congregation in Kabul yesterday, Hekmatyar said the Afghans needed peace…
KABUL (HIA), President Ashraf Ghani’s office said on Wednesday. Releasing HIA prisoners was part of a landmark peace deal between the government and the HIA signed in September. The decision came at a National Security Council (NSC) meeting chaired by…
