Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
| Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ګلبدین حکمتیار |
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| Prime Minister of Afghanistan | |
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In office 26 June 1996 – 11 August 1997 |
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| President | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai |
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In office 17 June 1993 – 28 June 1994 |
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| President | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Preceded by | Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani |
| Succeeded by | Arsala Rahmani Daulat (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 June 1947 Imam Sahib District, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin |
| Alma mater | Kabul University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Nickname(s) | Butcher of Kabul |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 Hezbi Islami (1975–1977) Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (1977–2016)
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| Years of service | 1975–2016 |
| Battles/wars |
Soviet–Afghan War Afghan Civil War Nagorno-Karabakh War War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) |
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (Pashto: ګلبدین حکمتیار; Persian: گلبدین حکمتیار; born 26 June 1947) is an Afghan politician and warlord. He is the founder and current leader of the Hezb-e Islami political party, having served as former Prime Minister of Afghanistan.
After escaping from prison in Afghanistan in 1973, he moved to Pakistan. When the Soviet occupation began in 1979, the CIA began funding his rapidly growing Hezb-e Islami mujahideen organization through the Pakistani ISI. Following the ouster of Afghan President Mohammad Najibullah in 1992, Hekmatyar and other warlords began a civil war, which led to the deaths of around 50,000 civilians in Kabul alone. In the meantime, Hekmatyar was promoted to becoming Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1993 to 1994 and again briefly in 1996, before the Taliban takeover of Kabul forcing him to flee to Iran's capital Tehran. Sometime after the Taliban's fall in 2001 he went to Pakistan, leading his party militia to a new armed campaign against Hamid Karzai's government and the international coalition in Afghanistan.
A highly controversial commander, Hekmatyar has been dubbed the "Butcher of Kabul", accused of being "almost single-handedly" responsible for the destruction and civilian deaths Kabul experienced in the early 1990s. He has also been accused of spending "more time fighting other Mujahideen than killing Soviets." In 2016, he signed a peace deal with the Afghan government, allowing his return to Afghanistan after almost 20 years in exile.
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