Hezb-i-Islami spokesman Bahir in interview

Hezb-i-Islami spokesman Bahir in interview

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Ghairat Bahir, spokesman for Hezb-i-Islami, Afghanistan's second-largest insurgent group after the Taliban, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in November 2011.

Insurgent group leader says U.S. holds key to Afghan peace process

Insurgent group leader says U.S. holds key to Afghan peace process

Ghairat Baheer, a leader of the Afghan Islamic insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami which is allied with the Taliban extremists, tells Kyodo News in Islamabad on May 12, 2015, that the United States holds the key to the peace process in the war-torn Asian country. He said the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is indispensable to realize peace in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hezb-i-Islami spokesman Bahir in interview

Hezb-i-Islami spokesman Bahir in interview

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Ghairat Bahir, spokesman for Hezb-i-Islami, Afghanistan's second-largest insurgent group after the Taliban, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in November 2011. (Kyodo)

Afghanistan, Hezb-i-Islami armed group sign peace deal

Afghanistan, Hezb-i-Islami armed group sign peace deal

A screen shows a live broadcast by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of the Hezb-i-Islami militant group, during a ceremony for signing a peace deal between the group and the Afghan government at the presidential place in Kabul on Sept. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Afghanistan, Hezb-i-Islami armed group sign peace deal

Afghanistan, Hezb-i-Islami armed group sign peace deal

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani signs a peace agreement with Hezb-i-Islami at the presidential palace in Kabul on Sept. 29, 2016, the first peace deal between Afghanistan and an armed group since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo