http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hekmatyar/ en-us Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:11:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092899/posts Afghanistan: A warlord Hekmatyar claimed the ambush against the French KABUL - The Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claimed responsibility for the ambush in which ten French soldiers were killed near Kabul on August 18 and acknowledged the death of ten of its own fighters in this battle, in a video received Monday by a private news agency Afghan. The attack had previously been claimed by the Taliban, which form a separate group Hezb-e-Islami (Islamic party, HIG) to Hekmatyar. On 18 August, a French patrol fell into an ambush mounted by 140 to 170 well-armed insurgents in the valley Uzbeen... AFP via translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092899/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:11:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998180/posts WASHINGTON, April 7, 2008 – Afghan and coalition security forces operating in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province cleared Kendal and Shok villages of insurgents and captured several suspects yesterday, military officials reported, while coalition troops and Afghan police seized two militants in operations in Khowst province. The combined Afghan-U.S. force repelled the attack with accurate small-arms fire and crew-served weapons. During the long battle, the insurgents reinforced their positions in several compounds with large groups of fighters. Close-air support was called upon to dislodge the heavily armed insurgents from their reinforced defensive positions. After neutralizing the threat, the combined force detained numerous... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998180/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 23:42:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954774/posts  A federal grand jury in Kansas City has issued a new indictment against an Islamic charity based in Columbia---and has added a former Michigan congressman to the list of people indicted.The new indictment accuses the Islamic American Relief Agency and several former officers of of engaging in prohibited financial transactions for the benefit of a terrorist. The indictment charges former Michigan Congressman Mark Deli Siljander with money laundering, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice.Federal officials say the charity sent money to Pakistan to benefit a man designated by the United States as a global terrorist. The prosecutor says the man had... missourinet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954774/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:13:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954751/posts Ex-Lawmaker Charged in Terror Conspiracy Jan 16 02:42 PM US/Eastern By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer 19 Comments WASHINGTON (AP) - A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. The former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli Siljander, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for allegedly lying about lobbying senators on behalf of an Islamic charity that authorities said was secretly sending funds to... ap wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954751/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:11:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954740/posts A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954740/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:50:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954895/posts Former Michigan congressman Siljander indicted by Gazette Staff and News Service Reports Wednesday January 16, 2008, 4:41 PM Gazette fileFormer U.S. Rep. Mark Deli Siljander A former Kalamazoo-area congressman was indicted Wednesday for his part in an alleged terrorist fundraising ring that is accused of sending more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. Mark Siljander, a former Three Rivers resident who represented southwestern Michigan from 1981-87, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. He allegedly lied about lobbying senators... Michigan Live.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954895/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:37:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922094/posts The deadliest suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan’s history killed over 30 people and wounded well over 100 in the peaceful northern province of Baghlan. VIP’s, including a Parliamentary Financial Committee, were visiting a sugar factory in New Baghlan, close to the larger Pul-i-Kumri city, when the blast occurred. At this hour, the city is still in the throws of carnage and chaos. The body count has fluctuated widely since the attack occurred early this morning and local officials say it may take days to pick through the burnt bodies and rubble before an accurate number is acquired. Sayed Mustafa... Afgha.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922094/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 05:38:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868232/posts AFGHAN REBEL LEADER HEKMATYAR SAYS ENDS INSURGENCY -STATEMENT Reuters (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868232/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:45:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833115/posts Excerpt - DUBAI (AFP) - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is still alive but keeping a low is still alive but keeping a low profile, notorious Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said in a video released on Arab television. "According to my information I think that Osama is still alive," Hekmatyar said in the video broadcast by Al-Arabiya television late Sunday. He said Bin Laden, wanted by the United States over the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington, would be better off "not multiplying his appearances in the media or in publishing statements and videos." Hekmatyar earlier this... Agence France-Presse (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833115/posts#comment Mon, 14 May 2007 05:39:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829899/posts KABUL: Afghanistan’s insurgency is cheap to fund and the fighters behind it are committed, so it could continue “for a long time” without foreign support, fugitive rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has said. Roadside bombs, which Taliban and other insurgents use regularly to deadly effect, cost $100 a time, the former prime minister said in a recorded DVD response to questions that was delivered this week. This is much less expensive than the billion of dollars spent by international troops conducting counter-insurgency operations. “The Americans know that a roadside bomb against one of their convoys would cost only $100,” said Hekmatyar,... Gulf Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829899/posts#comment Tue, 8 May 2007 00:35:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827545/posts Excerpt - KABUL, Afghanistan - A lawmaker who briefly served as prime minister during Afghanistan's civil war was shot and killed outside him home in Kabul on Wednesday. Abdul Saboor Farid, a member of Afghanistan's upper house of parliament, was prime minister for one month in 1992 when the country plunged into a bitter civil war following the defeat of the Soviet army by the U.S.-backed mujahedeen fighters. He was killed outside his house in northern Kabul, said Gen. Zulmay Khan, Kabul province's deputy police chief. ~ snip ~ Associated Press (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827545/posts#comment Thu, 3 May 2007 01:50:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797358/posts Excerpt - KARACHI, Pakistan - Fugitive Afghan rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar told The Associated Press his forces have ended cooperation with the Taliban and suggested that he was open to talks with embattled President Hamid Karzai. In a video response to questions submitted by AP, Hekmatyar also recounted how U.S. forces nearly caught him on two occasions but he got away. Hekmatyar, speaking in front of a plain white wall at an undisclosed location, indicated that his group contacted Taliban leaders some time in 2003 and agreed to wage a joint jihad, or holy war, against American troops. "The jihad... Associated Press (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797358/posts#comment Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:30:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766927/posts Afghan Warlord Says He Helped Bin Laden Escape Tora Bora Thursday, January 11, 2007 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Afghan insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said in a television interview broadcast Thursday that his fighters helped Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden escape intense U.S. bombing in the Tora Bora mountains in 2001. Hekmatyar, a former Afghan prime minister and leader of the Hezb-e-Islami militant group, told Pakistan's private Geo TV network that when the United States began its assault on the rugged Afghan mountains five years ago, some of his fighters moved bin Laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and other associates to... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766927/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:13:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752136/posts Pakistan (AP) - In a rare video message, Afghan insurgent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claims that American troops will be forced out of Afghanistan like the Soviets before them. The leader of the Hezb-e-Islami militant group also touts the Republican Party defeat in last month's U.S. midterm elections as a victory for militants fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. "It seems that every bullet that mujahedeen had fired toward the Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan has turned into a vote against Bush," Hekmatyar said in the undated video statement received by Associated Press Television in Pakistan. "There is no doubt that is... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752136/posts#comment Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:22:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1709692/posts AL-QAEDA leader Osama bin Laden, reported last week to have died, is alive and hiding in Afghanistan, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview published in The Times today. "It's not a hunch,'' Musharraf said. Afghanistan's eastern "Kunar province borders on Bajaur Agency. We know there are some pockets of al-Qaida in Bajaur Agency. We have set a good intelligence organisation. We have moved some army elements. We did strike them twice there. We located and killed a number of them there.'' Pakistan's military ruler also suggested links between bin Laden and Afghan warlord and former Afghan prime minister... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1709692/posts#comment Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:55:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699831/posts Ahmed Shah Masood (c. 1953–September 9, 2001) (variant transliterations include Ahmad, Massoud, etc.) was a Kabul University engineering student turned Afghan military leader who played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of Afghanistan, earning him the nickname Lion of Panjshir. Various transliterations include: Ahmad / Ahmed / Akhmad / Achmad, Shah / Schah / Chah, Massoud / Massud / Massood / Mas’ud. Ahmad Shah Massoud was born 10.06.1332 (01.09.1953)[2] in Jangalak[3]/ Panjsher[5]as son of police commander Dost Mohammad Khan. At the age of five, he started grammar school at Bazarak and stayed there until second grade.... Afgha.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699831/posts#comment Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:39:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699744/posts Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Reported Captured The commander of Hezb-i-Islami and al-Qaeda ally detained during a raid in eastern Afghanistan On the day of the fifth anniversary of the 9-11 attack, Coalition forces score a high value target in Afghanistan. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the commander of Hezb-i-Islami and ally of al-Qaeda and the Taliban, has been captured during a joint U.S. and Afghan Army raid in “eastern Afghanistan.” Hekmatyar, contrary to his rhetoric gave up to the Coalition forces without a fight. Hekmatyar's arrest is said to be part of an 'ongoing operation.' Hekmatyar has been designated by the U.S. Department of State... The Fourth Rail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699744/posts#comment Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:39:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626662/posts An Afghan warlord wanted by the United States said in a videotape broadcast Thursday that he and his followers want to support Osama bin Laden in battle. "We hope to participate with them in a battle that they lead. They hold the banner and we stand alongside them as supporters," Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said in the tape broadcast by the Al-Jazeera satellite network. The tape appeared less than two weeks after top Islamist militants, including bin Laden, issued messages in quick succession. Bin Laden, his No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri and the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, weighed... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626662/posts#comment Thu, 4 May 2006 15:20:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626595/posts Hekmatyar wants to fight under the command of Ben Laden - the islamist leader Afghan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar stated to want to fight under the command of the chief of terrorist organization Al-Qaïda Usama Bin Laden and his right arm Aymane Zawahiri, in a video recording diffused Thursday by the chain qatariote Al-Jazira. "We hope to take part in a battle that they would lead and of which they would carry the standard, and in which we would line up on their side as partisans", Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in its message pronounced in Arabic declared. Former Afghan Prime Minister and declared... AFP via Babelfish translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626595/posts#comment Thu, 4 May 2006 13:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552004/posts The 'enemy central' province in Afghanistan By Andrew North And Bilal Sarwary Thu, 22 Dec 2005, 09:32:00 KABUL and KUNAR, Afghanistan -- As the US military's battle to subdue the Taleban and other rebel groups in Afghanistan moves into its fifth year, one eastern province bordering Pakistan has increasingly become a symbol of its difficulties. Despite several major American offensives in Kunar over the past year, the militants keep re-grouping - many of them foreign fighters with al-Qaeda backing. The trouble it has had in this area has led US forces to use psychological operations, or 'psy-ops' tactics, that one... The New Nation (Bangladesh Independent) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552004/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jan 2006 00:31:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1467122/posts KABUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A former Taliban commander now loyal to the Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai has been gunned down in the capital, officials said on Saturday. Karim Qarabaghi and his nephew were killed in their car by a hail of bullets fired from a passing four wheel drive vehicle in a northern suburb of Kabul on Friday, they said. Before joining the Taliban from 1996 to 2001, Qarabaghi served as a commander for ex-Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who like the Taliban remnants is leading an insurgency against the government and foreign forces. After the Taliban's... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1467122/posts#comment Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:25:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1438112/posts The last radio contact was an urgent appeal for help. Night was falling, a rainstorm threatening, and four U.S. Navy SEAL commandos were surrounded by about a dozen militants in rugged, wooded mountains. They needed reinforcements. That hurried call set in motion a chain of events that would lead to the U.S. military's deadliest blow in Afghanistan, and the greatest loss of life ever for the elite force of SEALs. Nine days after the ambush and subsequent downing of a U.S. special forces helicopter with 16 troops aboard, U.S military officials in Kabul and Washington are starting to draw... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1438112/posts#comment Thu, 7 Jul 2005 05:31:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1399346/posts Mollah Omar and Hekmatyar not excluded from a possible amnesty KABUL - the former leader of the talibans, mollah Mohammad Omar, and the former Prime Minister and chief of war Gulbuddin Hekmatyar are not excluded from the process of national reconciliation, indicated to Monday to AFP the chief of the Afghan commission of reconciliation, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi. "the amnesty includes these two people, who can nothing only make as individuals when everyone around them goes", Mr. Mojaddedi answered concerning mollah Omar and of Hekmatyar, sought by the Americans for "terrorism". The proposal for an amnesty also includes the Afghan prisoners... AFP via Babelfish translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1399346/posts#comment Mon, 9 May 2005 07:30:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1211204/posts War brutalizes man, every afghan bears living testimony to this. If the landscape of Afghanistan bears the craters of the endless war, the political and military leadership in Afghanistan also carries war's indelible scars. It is important never to lose sight of this. Ahmed Shah Mas'ud was born to an army family in 1953 in the Panjshir Valley north of the Afghan capital Kabul. His father was a colonel in the Afghan Army and enrolled his son at Kabul's Lycee Istiqlal High School. Upon graduation Mas'ud joined Kabul's Polytechnic Institute. In 1973 King Zahir Shah was deposed and exiled by... Afgha.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1211204/posts#comment Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1239572/posts An Afghan warlord who settled in Britain kept a human dog to bite his victims and waged a campaign of kidnap and torture against civilians, the Old Bailey was told yesterday. Faraydi Zardad, a veteran fighter against the Russians and the Taliban, was the commander of soldiers manning checkpoints on the Jalalabad road, the vital supply route between Kabul and Peshawar. He had complete authority in the area between 1992 and 1996 and "had a fearsome reputation for being cruel and merciless", the court was told. In the first prosecution of its kind Zardad, 41, who was arrested while living... The Daily Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1239572/posts#comment Sat, 9 Oct 2004 01:04:54 GMT