Jihad alone can resolve Afghan crisis: Hekmatyar

Islamabad - Former premier and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has accused the backers of the Afghan peace process of lying and misleading the public, saying jihad alone can resolve the country's crisis.

In his Eid-ul-Fitr message, Hekmatyar said those who expected that the peace process would yield a solution to the crisis in Afghanistan were lying.

"The only solution is to continue the jihad untilall the foreign forces fully leave Afghanistan," he said in a statement issued yesterday.

Read more: Business Standard (August 19, 2012)