Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Events (33)
- April 17, 1987: Bin Laden-Led Assault in Afghan War Is Total Failure 1987-04-17
- January 24, 1994: CIA Concludes It Is ‘Partly Culpable’ for WTC Bombing 1994-01-24
- March 13, 1994: Report: Violence, Drugs, and Militant Training Camps Are Rife in Afghanistan 1994-03-13
- After May 18, 1996-September 1996: Bin Laden Quickly Alligns With the Taliban After Arrival in Afghanistan 1996-05-18
- September 30, 1996: CIA Reports Taliban Are Keeping Bin Laden’s Training Camps Open, Closing Some Other Camps 1996-09-30
- October 2, 2001: US Intelligence Cables Review ‘Hidden Agenda’ of ISI Support for Taliban 2001-10-02
- Shortly After February 29 or March 1, 2003: KSM Allegedly Confesses He Has Recently Seen Bin Laden 2003-03-01
- November 13, 2008: Hamid Karzai Briefs Gordon Brown on Secret Talks with Taliban and Hekmatyar 2008-11-13
- March 26, 2009: ISI Support for Militants Fighting US Forces Remains Strong 2009-03-26
- August 17, 2009: Hekmatyar Offers to ‘Help’ US and NATO Forces in Exchange for Foreign Troop Pullout Timeline 2009-08-17
- May-October 12, 2009: ’Unknown’ Helicopters Carrying Militants to Northern Provinces, Afghan Government Investigating 2009-10-12
- July 26, 2010: Former ISI Director Gul Allegedly Recently Linked to Islamist Militants 2010-07-26
- February 2002: US Criticism Results in Iran Expelling Al-Qaeda-Linked Warlord to Afghanistan
- April 2001: Hekmatyar Predicts US Will Soon Attack Afghanistan and Overthrow Taliban
- 2004: CIA Concludes Illegal Drug Profits Going to Islamic Militant Groups and Afghan Warlords
- May 1979: CIA Begins Working with Hekmatyar and Other Mujaheddin Leaders Chosen by ISI
- July 1991: Bin Laden Loses Money in BCCI; Begins Profiting from Drug Trade
- 1991-1996: Future Hamburg Cell Member Zammar Travels Widely, Becomes Al-Qaeda Operative
- Late 1980s: ’Blind Sheikh’ Works with CIA and Warlords in Afghanistan
- 1982-1991: Afghan Opium Production Skyrockets
- 1984: Bin Laden Develops Ties with Pakistani ISI and Afghan Warlord
- 1985-1987: US Helps Afghan Allies Launch Attacks into Soviet Union
- 1986-1993: CIA and Bin Laden Both Closely Tied to Recruiting and Fund-raising Office for Afghanistan
- (1986): Pentagon Official Asks Afghan Commanders about Diverting Resources to Arab Fighters
- 1998 and After: Al-Qaeda Leader Heads Suspect US Charity’s Chechnya Office; Supports Chechen Rebels
- Early 1980 and After: Bin Laden Serves as Middleman between Saudi Intelligence and Afghan Warlords
- February 2009: Secret Afghan Talks Backed by the British Continue with Taliban and Hekmatyar Sons-in-Law; Immunity and Political Role Discussed
- Late Fall-Early Winter 2001: Iranians Offer Assistance to US in War with Taliban
- Early April 2009: Holbrooke Deputy Holds Direct Talks with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Emissary
- Between September 24 and 27, 2008: Afghan Government Officials Reportedly Meet with Hekmatyar and Taliban Representatives under Saudi Auspices in Mecca
- 1973-1979: US Starts to Provide Support to Islamists Opposing the Soviets in Afghanistan
- 1983: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Emerges as Most Powerful ISI Client
- February 1992: Soviet Puppet Government Ousted in Afghanistan