Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (; ; born 26 June 1947) is the former Prime Minister of Afghanistan and founder and active leader of the
Hezb-e Islami political party, and a designated "global terrorist" by the
United States. After escaping from prison in Afghanistan in 1973, he moved to Pakistan. When the
Soviet war in Afghanistan began in 1979, the
CIA began funding his rapidly growing Hezb-e Islami
mujahideen organization through the
ISI.