Hizb-e-Islami Leader Hekmatyar Runs For President

[maneatinglizard]

Hizb-e-Islami Leader Hekmatyar Runs For President | TOLOnews

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Hizb-e-Islami leader, who entered a peace deal with the Afghan government in 2016 and returned home after almost 20 years, entered the race for 2016 presidential elections on Saturday.

Fazl Hadi Wazeen, an Islamic studies researcher and a university lecturer, is Hekmatyar’s running mate for first Vice President. Qazi Hafizurrahman Naqi, Hekmatyar’s running mate for second Vice President is an Islamic studies graduate and has worked in the Supreme Court.

Hekmatyar, 69, is the ninth presidential candidate. According to Independent Election Commission’s timeline, the candidates registration process will end on Jan. 20.

So far, Abdul Latif Pedram, Hakim Torsan, Sayed Noorullah Jalili, Enayatullah Hafiz, Zalmai Rassoul, Noorul Haq Ulumi, Faramarz Tamanna, Mohammad Haneef Atmar, and Wali Massoud have entered the race for the presidential elections.

Addressing reporters at the Independent Election Commission on Saturday, Hekmatyar said he is running for president "from an independent address" and that he is not in favor of "forming alliances".

Hekmatyar claimed that “government is the reason behind the ongoing war” in the country. He says “the system must change” but through a peaceful mean.

He said he is against a federal government and that he is not in favor of a semi-presidential system.

The presidential elections are scheduled for July 20.

[maneatinglizard]

Assuming the elections actually happen, he’s probably winning.

[randolph85]

“Make Kabul rubble again”

[Traveller]

Assuming the elections actually happen, he’s probably winning.

Are you sure about this? I asked another Afghan friend who was in Afghanistan during the elections that happened recently(parliamentary elections?) about Hezb-I-Islami, and he said that on the ground people hate Hekmatyar because of his alleged crimes in the civil war.

[maneatinglizard]

Are you sure about this? I asked another Afghan friend who was in Afghanistan during the elections that happened recently(parliamentary elections?) about Hezb-I-Islami, and he said that on the ground people hate Hekmatyar because of his alleged crimes in the civil war.

Firstly, what matters in the election is networking with regional strongmen, and Gulbuddin still has a lot of contacts from the Jihadi days. The Afghan elections are rigged and turnout is very low anyway, so popular sentiment doesn’t matter that much.

Secondly, people exaggerate how much he’s blamed or hated for what happened to Kabul. This is mainly seen among people who are exposed to Western media, as it put almost all the blame on his fighters at the behest of Massoud. In Afghanistan, when he came out of hiding and joined with the government, people were lining up by the thousands to meet him and get their pictures taken in every province.

Are there a lot of people who dislike him? Sure, but there’s also a lot of people who dislike other criminals like Sayyaf or the Northern Alliance guys, and look how powerful they still are.

Of the candidates announced so far, I think Gulbuddin is the only one with a chance at beating Ghani. The rest of the candidates are jokes. Jamiat may have had the possibility of forcing another power-sharing government, but they’re expected to give Abdullah Abdullah a second shot, and he has no chance. Not even his own people like him anymore.

[khushal]

Are you sure about this? I asked another Afghan friend who was in Afghanistan during the elections that happened recently(parliamentary elections?) about Hezb-I-Islami, and he said that on the ground people hate Hekmatyar because of his alleged crimes in the civil war.

What happened in Kabul was the fault of all the warlords, Hekmatyar, Dostom, Masoud, Sayaf, Hazara warlords as well as other known pedophiles that are running the show in Kabul now with US corp support. Everyone talks about the atrocities in Kabul which are only blamed only Hekmatyar in Western media but forget the atrocities that happened in the rural areas during the Soviet occupation which was 100 times worse than Kabul because no one cares about the poor rural people.

The Taliban used to say that those warlords should be put in a cage and they can fight it out with each other in the cage so innocents can be left out from the cruelty of their own madness. They were all power hungry ego driven psychopaths and the US corps has put them in power. People on the ground hate them all but it doesn't matter, they still running the show with outside support, not people support. Take out the outside support and these people would either run or be beheaded. The election is BS and is run by psychopaths. The winner will be the guy that has given his kwana to the right psychopaths. The loser will be the ones that has given his kwana to the wrong ones.

[randolph85]

Firstly, what matters in the election is networking with regional strongmen, and Gulbuddin still has a lot of contacts from the Jihadi days. The Afghan elections are rigged and turnout is very low anyway, so popular sentiment doesn’t matter that much.

Secondly, people exaggerate how much he’s blamed or hated for what happened to Kabul. This is mainly seen among people who are exposed to Western media, as it put almost all the blame on his fighters at the behest of Massoud. In Afghanistan, when he came out of hiding and joined with the government, people were lining up by the thousands to meet him and get their pictures taken in every province.

Are there a lot of people who dislike him? Sure, but there’s also a lot of people who dislike other criminals like Sayyaf or the Northern Alliance guys, and look how powerful they still are.

Of the candidates announced so far, I think Gulbuddin is the only one with a chance at beating Ghani. The rest of the candidates are jokes. Jamiat may have had the possibility of forcing another power-sharing government, but they’re expected to give Abdullah Abdullah a second shot, and he has no chance. Not even his own people like him anymore.

Gulbo is definitely a hated figure, his return to Kabul was an orchestrated event with a lot of fanfare but it begs the question that with all his armed men, who were they even fighting with those arms while he was a mountain Mujahed? There were some small Hezb/Taliban clashes in the north but he released more videos than foreign troops Hezb killed in 15 years.

He was a popular personality in the 80s and early 90s but today no one gives a **** about him. His party is more popular than him in that it is Pashtun centric/Islamic and its offshoots have been a part of the government for years now. Ghani brining him in from the cold was basically a sign for the Taliban and a template for a peace process, not because he mattered. No warlord from the past would be elected into office, which is why none of these people run for President and only join coalitions.

I predict he gets like 7% of the vote. Calls it rigged. Then goes silent.

[khushal]

He will call it rigged but I doubt he will go silent.

[Firdousi]

Firstly, what matters in the election is networking with regional strongmen, and Gulbuddin still has a lot of contacts from the Jihadi days. The Afghan elections are rigged and turnout is very low anyway, so popular sentiment doesn’t matter that much.

Secondly, people exaggerate how much he’s blamed or hated for what happened to Kabul. This is mainly seen among people who are exposed to Western media, as it put almost all the blame on his fighters at the behest of Massoud. In Afghanistan, when he came out of hiding and joined with the government, people were lining up by the thousands to meet him and get their pictures taken in every province.

Are there a lot of people who dislike him? Sure, but there’s also a lot of people who dislike other criminals like Sayyaf or the Northern Alliance guys, and look how powerful they still are.

Of the candidates announced so far, I think Gulbuddin is the only one with a chance at beating Ghani. The rest of the candidates are jokes. Jamiat may have had the possibility of forcing another power-sharing government, but they’re expected to give Abdullah Abdullah a second shot, and he has no chance. Not even his own people like him anymore.

brother thats because after shaking hands and taking pics afghans know qabuli and kabab follow lol They go there for the food not for engineer sahib.

Hekmatyar is an extremely unpopular guy. I have literally never met a pro Hekmatyar guy. Never. Ever. His pics in Herat or Kabul, when I was a kid, were taboo. You could see Najibs pics in Jamiats territory (for some reason Jamiatis were not very radical when it came to Najib) but it was just impossible to see Hekmatyars pics anywhere in Kabul. Afghanistan has changed though but I still refuse to believe that the guy has any chance. As Randolph pointed out, he will get (being generous) 10%, bitch a little bit and then shut up. He knows what role he must play.

[marwat]

what a waste of an engineering degree