Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin Archives

An alleged ‘agent’ of Iran transferred from Guantanamo to the UAE

Thomas Joscelyn | August 17, 2016

A leaked Joint Task Force – Guantanamo threat assessment describes Haji Hamidullah, who was recently transferred from Guantanamo to the UAE, as an “agent” of Iran. The Long War Journal first profiled Hamidullah in 2011. The leaked JTF-GTMO file contains numerous intelligence reports tying Iranian intelligence to the Afghan insurgency.

Hekmatyar withdraws from peace talks with Afghan government

Bill Roggio | June 28, 2016

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of a Hezb-i-Islami faction, has toyed with the Afghan government in the past and withdrew from peace talks under similar circumstances.

The Gitmo Files: (Shocker!) Mullah Omar meets with Pakistan’s ISI

Thomas Joscelyn | May 11, 2011

At a meeting that included representatives of the Pakistani government and the ISI, Omar “told attendees that they should not cooperate with the new infidel government (in Afghanistan) and should keep attacking coalition forces.”