Shahabuddin Hekmatyar is the younger brother of

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (born 1 August 1949) is an Afghan politician, and former mujahideen leader and drug trafficker. He is the founder and current leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin political party, so called after Mohammad Yunus Khalis spl ...

, the founder of

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. He was captured by

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on August 17, 2008. The

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classifies Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin as a terrorist organization. His capture was near

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, on the road between the Shamshato refugee camp and the "University Town" area in

. The ''

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'' reported the following about his capture by Pakistani security officials: Due to his elder brother being underground, it was Shahabuddin who announced the death of their mother in April 2003.

i newspaper ''

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'' reported in January 2009 that Shahabuddin had been recently released after six months in Pakistani custody. The paper reported that his younger son, Salahuddin Hekmatyar, had recently been released from Afghan custody, after three years of detention. They reported that, as of 2009, his elder son, Abdullah Shahab, remained in US custody in Bagram.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Pashtun people Afghan expatriates in Pakistan {{Afghanistan-bio-stub