Hikmatyar was the most closely alligned to Pakistan jehadi leader of the 1980's. He was close to Jamaat Islami as well . When Benazir came into power , it seems some elements within our state structure at behest of outsiders wanted Hikmatyar influence decrease. Some within our intelligence agencies did not like some of the habits of Hikmatyar and once chief architect of Taliban from our agencies was heard explaining his dislike for Hikmatyar in 1994.
My view is that Taliban were actually created at US behest and support of Benazir to neutralize the Hikmatyar group but Hikmatyar instead of fighting any crucial make or break battle withdrew from Chahrsiab base near Kabul and Taliban took Kabul instead . An American and Benazir miscalculation about field of battle.
Hikmatyar was then heard courting Iranians for some time but may be he smelled early on the US -Iran growing nexus some years back and presumably returned .
This supporting of ISIS by Hikmatyar is basically a move to challenge Mullah omar , but this is not a move which will not have its critics. ISIS is behaving like not one but several different organizations . It also have to explain many moves done under its name like some slaughters , like not entering into some agreement with shias in shia majority areas of Iraq for safety of sunnis living there , afterall ISIS is now a government of large parts of Iraq and Syria . ISIS should be recognized internationally so that pseudo ISIS springing everywhere can be stopped . Some of the activities of these pseudoISIS sound more like American war cotractor agenda .
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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-e-Islami Announces Support For ISIS In Afghanistan To Combat Taliban
Hezb-e-Islami, the Afghan Islamist organization headed by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, announced its support for the Islamic State group on Sunday. Hekmatyar, who is considered a “global terrorist” by the United States, urged his group’s followers to support ISIS to combat Taliban in Afghanistan, according to local media reports.
Hezb-e-Islami, created in 1977 by Hekmatyar, was sidelined from Afghan politics after the Taliban rose to power in the late 1990s. However, over the last decade, the group is believed to have regained some of its lost strength. It claimed responsibility for several attacks in the country, most notably, an attack on a team of aid workers in the Badakhshan province in 2010 and a car bomb blast that targeted a pair of U.S. military vehicles in 2013.
Hekmatyar served as the prime minister of Afghanistan for brief periods between 1993 and 1996.
The support of Hezb-e-Islami, which is believed to have thousands of active fighters in Afghanistan, is likely to help ISIS recruit and establish a base in the country. Although there have been reports of ISIS presence in Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan largely remain loyal to Mullah Omar, the elusive, one-eyed supreme commander of the group.
Last month, amid reports of clashes between ISIS and Taliban militants, the Afghan Taliban also warned ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi against recruiting in the country.
“The Islamic Emirate [Taliban] does not consider the multiplicity of jihadi ranks beneficial either for jihad or for Muslims,” the Taliban reportedly said, in a statement released on June 16, adding that “jihad against the Americans and their allies must be conducted under one flag and one leadership.”
http://www.ibtimes.com/gulbuddin-he...pport-isis-afghanistan-combat-taliban-1996462
My view is that Taliban were actually created at US behest and support of Benazir to neutralize the Hikmatyar group but Hikmatyar instead of fighting any crucial make or break battle withdrew from Chahrsiab base near Kabul and Taliban took Kabul instead . An American and Benazir miscalculation about field of battle.
Hikmatyar was then heard courting Iranians for some time but may be he smelled early on the US -Iran growing nexus some years back and presumably returned .
This supporting of ISIS by Hikmatyar is basically a move to challenge Mullah omar , but this is not a move which will not have its critics. ISIS is behaving like not one but several different organizations . It also have to explain many moves done under its name like some slaughters , like not entering into some agreement with shias in shia majority areas of Iraq for safety of sunnis living there , afterall ISIS is now a government of large parts of Iraq and Syria . ISIS should be recognized internationally so that pseudo ISIS springing everywhere can be stopped . Some of the activities of these pseudoISIS sound more like American war cotractor agenda .
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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-e-Islami Announces Support For ISIS In Afghanistan To Combat Taliban

Hezb-e-Islami, the Afghan Islamist organization headed by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, announced its support for the Islamic State group on Sunday. Hekmatyar, who is considered a “global terrorist” by the United States, urged his group’s followers to support ISIS to combat Taliban in Afghanistan, according to local media reports.
Hezb-e-Islami, created in 1977 by Hekmatyar, was sidelined from Afghan politics after the Taliban rose to power in the late 1990s. However, over the last decade, the group is believed to have regained some of its lost strength. It claimed responsibility for several attacks in the country, most notably, an attack on a team of aid workers in the Badakhshan province in 2010 and a car bomb blast that targeted a pair of U.S. military vehicles in 2013.
Hekmatyar served as the prime minister of Afghanistan for brief periods between 1993 and 1996.
The support of Hezb-e-Islami, which is believed to have thousands of active fighters in Afghanistan, is likely to help ISIS recruit and establish a base in the country. Although there have been reports of ISIS presence in Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan largely remain loyal to Mullah Omar, the elusive, one-eyed supreme commander of the group.
Last month, amid reports of clashes between ISIS and Taliban militants, the Afghan Taliban also warned ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi against recruiting in the country.
“The Islamic Emirate [Taliban] does not consider the multiplicity of jihadi ranks beneficial either for jihad or for Muslims,” the Taliban reportedly said, in a statement released on June 16, adding that “jihad against the Americans and their allies must be conducted under one flag and one leadership.”
http://www.ibtimes.com/gulbuddin-he...pport-isis-afghanistan-combat-taliban-1996462
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