02.06.2017 - 14:51 [ NationalPost.com ]

Terry Glavin: The rehabilitation of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Butcher of Kabul

(28.9.2016) Besides, as a terrorist mass murder, Hekmatyar has been a spent force for years. The details of the deal he struck have not been fully enumerated, but it appears to includes buckets of money in lifetime annuities for Hekmatyar and an unknown number of his consiglieri, the resettlement of their families from Pakistan’s hinterlands to swish digs in and around Kabul, and the removal of Hekmatyar’s name from the United Nations’ terrorist roster.