"Hekmatyar, with a history of switching sides, was considered more susceptible to peace overtures"
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"Gulbuddin Hekmatyar the favored warlord of the ISI and CIA. Casey was said to be particularly fond of him as both shared a goal of extending the fighting beyond Afghanistan into the Soviet Union itself. He was a ruthless fighter, who also led several raids into USSR territory. He was also a major drug trafficker. Almost half of all the covert weapons directed at Afghanistan were sent to his group"
Yup, Hekmatyar the CIA ASSET who FLIPS SIDES all the time!
Good way to keep a war going, 'eh?
"Taliban, rival militants battle; Afghan groups clash in north; around 50 dead" by Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post | March 8, 2010
Getting it on good authority.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Fierce weekend fighting in the north of Afghanistan between Taliban forces and another militant Islamist group has left an estimated 50 people dead, and the clashes were continuing late last night, according to reports from the area.
Local news reports quoted government and security officials from Baghlan Province saying fighting erupted Saturday between the Taliban and fighters of the Hezb-e-Islami, a guerrilla faction under the command of longtime militia leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
The Afghan government has limited reach in the area where the clashes are occurring, and details about the reason behind the fighting remained sketchy. It was unclear whether this was an isolated clash or represented a break in the ranks of the allied militia groups that have been posing a challenge to the government of President Hamid Karzai.
News agency reports and Afghan media said the two sides were firing heavy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades. Government officials gave the death toll at around 50 on both sides, but different officials gave wildly different breakdowns of the casualties.
The Associated Press quoted a provincial police chief as saying more than 100 Hezb-e-Islami fighters pledged to switch sides and join government troops.
The Afghan website Quqnoos.com, run by the Tolo television station, called the clashes the deadliest in years between the militia groups, which had been in a strategic alliance opposed to Karzai’s Western-backed government.
Both groups had been demanding a withdrawal of American and other foreign forces from Afghanistan as a prelude to any reconciliation talks with the Karzai government. But Hekmatyar, with a history of switching sides, was considered more susceptible to peace overtures.
Wow, WHAT SMASHING TIMING, huh?
And how is killing people being susceptible -- never mind working towards -- to peace?
After battling invading Soviet forces, Hekmatyar alternately allied himself with and fought against almost every major faction in Afghanistan; he spent the years of Taliban control living in exile in Iran while his militia splintered. After US troops ousted the Taliban in 2001, Hekmatyar called for a “jihad’’ against foreign forces and formed a new alliance with Taliban insurgents.
I'm smelling CIA all over this guy!
Hekmatyar has been blamed for several attacks against American and NATO troops, and the US government has designated him a terrorist because of his alleged links to both the Taliban and Al Qaeda. It remains unclear how the United States would react to any attempt to lure Hekmatyar out of the fighting by offering him a role in the government.....
Violent clashes between antigovernment factions in Afghanistan are rare, although power struggles among loosely allied insurgent groups are fairly common.
Well, CIA has to give the order to our assets first.
The fighting centered around five to six villages west of Baghlan-e-Jadid district in the central part of the province.
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