Critic: Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Independent.ie: US has left us no hope of beating Taliban, warns ’Butcher of Kabul’
He gained the nickname “the Butcher of Kabul” by raining down rockets on the Afghan capital in the early Nineties.
But Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a notorious warlord who has twice served as prime minister, is now warning that the “irresponsible” American withdrawal is leaving behind a government unable to fight off the Taliban.
In an interview at his office near the Afghan parliament, he said: “The Americans are withdrawing with an urgency, and I might add irresponsibly, and they are leaving behind a coming war as well.
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WNU Editor: He sees an Afghan government/military collapse, and all-out civil war. He is probably correct.
