The degree of influence of the IPA of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in the north-eastern and northern provinces of Afghanistan, due to the large number of Pashtun living in the region that inhabited this region in the 19th and 20th centuries, was also high.
Степень влияния ИПА Гульбеддина Хекматияра в северо-восточных и северных провинциях Афганистана, по причине большого количества живущих в регионе пуштун, населивших этот регион в 19 и 20 веке, была также, высокой.