*** UPDATE ***: This report appears to have been premature. The person apprehended, while a ranking Taliban in his own right, and apparently a dead ringer for him, was not Hekmatyar based on fingerprints.
Hekmatyar of course, had been the primary conduit for Iranian meddling in Afganistan for many years now. This is a huge win.
South Asia News
...The commander of the Hizb-i-Islami militia in Hafezan in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Gulbuddin Hikmatyar, was arrested after credible intelligence led Afghan and coalition forces to his compound, the statement said...
H/T Mr. Beamish
*** UPDATE ***: This report appears to have been premature. The person apprehended, while a ranking Taliban in his own right, and apparently a dead ringer for him, was not Hekmatyar based on fingerprints.
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