Infamous Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returns to public life after exile
(World News Russia)

Notorious Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to public life on Saturday after more than 20 years in exile, calling on the Taliban to lay down their weapons and join a “caravan of peace”. Hekmatyar, white-bearded and clad in his trademark black turban, spoke to supporters at a gathering in Laghman province widely broadcast in Afghanistan, where his return to the political mainstream months after etching a landmark peace deal with Kabul has been hugely......