Former Afghan warlord Hekmatyar scuttles peace deal with Kabul

ISLAMABAD: A former Afghan warlord announced on Monday that a peace deal between his militant group and the Kabul government was effectively “dead.” The comments

ISLAMABAD: A former Afghan warlord announced on Monday that a peace deal between his militant group and the Kabul government was effectively “dead.” The comments by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar came after the armed wing of his Hezb-i-Islami party effectively scuttled the deal, drafted weeks ago, with new demands. Hekmatyar called Afghanistan’s government illegal and said he would not recognize it. In his lengthy diatribe against the Kabul government in the Daily Shahdat magazine belonging to his group, Hekmatyar said the Afghan administration negotiated in bad faith and made demands it could not meet. The government had hoped a pact with Hekmatyar would incentivise other insurgent groups to peace talks.

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