Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is a popular figure as an Afghan Mujahideen or rebel commanders. He is a former Prime Minister of Afghanistan, labelled as a warlord by many. He is currently wanted by the United States for taking part in the insurgncy in Afghanistan against the new government of President Hamid Karzai. Hekmatyar speaks several languages, including English. It is reported that he has two wives and many children and grand-children.

He served as a rebel military commander during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, fighting to force the invading Soviet's red army to withdrawl. Later, after the Soviet withrew, he twice served as prime minister in the 1990s and was involved in the civil war of the country during the same period.

                                                                   The main cause of kabul's being devastated