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The Scotsman
April 5, 2002

Warlord had most of US billions 


GULBUDDIN Hekmatyar, a feared Pashtun warlord who
trained as a military cadet, founded the Islamist
group Hezb-e-Islami in Pakistan. During the 1980s
jihad against the Soviet occupation he was Pakistan�s
favoured mujahideen leader and as a result received
the largest slice of the billions of dollars of
support given by the US and Saudi Arabia, as well as
Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. 

His relations with Pakistan, particularly the powerful
Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, remained
strong after the Soviets left. In 1993 he became prime
minister in Kabul but in the years of mujahideen
factional fighting which followed, he was responsible
for destroying much of the capital. 

When the Taleban came to power, he moved into exile in
Tehran until his office was closed down late last
year. The warlord then disappeared and was rumoured to
have returned to Afghanistan.  



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