Leader of Hizb-e-Islamic Stops Friday Prayers Sermons In Kabul 

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, announced that he has stopped his Friday prayers sermons. Hekmatyar added that "the brothers' demand” is to stop the sermons for a while. However, he didn’t elaborate more on who demanded to end the sermons.