Hekmatyar, 76, left Afghanistan when the Taliban rose to power the first time but returned to Kabul in 2017 and remained even as legions of prominent figures fled the 2021 Taliban takeover.

Mena Massoud, the man who played the title character in the live-action remake of Disney’s Aladdin, has had a rough time in Hollywood. Even though Aladdin made more than $1 billion, Massoud ...

Mena Massoud, who rose to fame with Disney’s Aladdin, has taken on a new and versatile role in Julia Stiles’ directorial debut, Wish You Were Here. The actor recently reflected on his career’s ...

Former Jihadi leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has criticized the United States for patrolling Afghanistan’s airspace with drones. Hekmatyar said in a speech Tuesday that any form of American presence in ...

The United States is seeking to strike a new agreement with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami, said on Friday. Hekmatyar said that the sides have ...

Hekmatyar, who supported many of the Afghan Arabs fighters, would not participate in the triumph orchestrated by his rival Ahmed Shah Massoud and so Bin Laden could not afford to alienate the former.