Shahabuddin Hekmatyar Explained

Shahabuddin Hekmatyar is the younger brother of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the founder of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin. He was captured by Pakistan undercover police on August 17, 2008.[1] [2] The United States classifies Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin as a terrorist organization.[3] His capture was near Peshawar, on the road between the Shamshato refugee camp and the "University Town". The Asia Times reported the following about his capture by Pakistani security officials:[4]

Due to his elder brother being underground, it was Shahabuddin who announced the death of their mother in April 2003.[5]

Pakistani newspaper The News International reported in January 2009 that Shahabuddin had been recently released after six months in Pakistani custody.[6] The paper reported that his younger son, Salahuddin Hekmatyar, had recently been released from Afghan custody, after three years of detention. They reported that, as of 2009, his elder son, Abdullah Shahab, remained in US custody in Bagram.

References

  1. News: Police arrest Hekmatyar's brother . 2008-08-17 . Quqnoos News Service . https://archive.today/20240524090549/https://www.webcitation.org/5gOuUvd7F?url=http://quqnoos.com/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=view&id=138 . 2024-05-24 . dead.
  2. News: Hekmatyar's brother 'detained' . 2008-08-17 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080825023855/http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/18/nat3.htm . 2008-08-25 . dead.
  3. News: Hekmatyar's nephew under detention at Bagram . May 2005 . Canadian Embassy in Afghanistan . https://web.archive.org/web/20080908045256/http://www.afghanemb-canada.net/en/news_bulletin/2006/may/05/index.php . 2008-09-08 . dead.
  4. News: Afghan numbers don't add up . August 2008 . Syed Saleem Shahzad . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090727071745/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JH22Df01.html . 2009-07-27 . unfit.
  5. News: Mother of fugitive Afghan warlord dies in Pakistan hospital . 2003-04-28 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025112828/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-73550610.html . 2012-10-25 . dead.
  6. News: Govt releases brother of Hekmatyar. The News International. 2009-01-13. 2010-05-22. His other son, Abdullah Shahab, who was held by the US forces in Kunar province of Afghanistan two years back is still languishing in the heavily guarded Bagram Prison in Afghanistan..

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