Islamabad Accord

Islamabad Accord
TypePeace treaty
Power sharing deal
Signed7 March 1993
LocationIslamabad, Pakistan
ReplacesPeshawar Accord
Mediators Pakistan
Negotiators
Signatories
  • Islamic State of Afghanistan
  • Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
DepositaryGovernment of Pakistan
Languages

The Islamabad Accord was a peace and power-sharing agreement signed on 7 March 1993 between the warring parties in the War in Afghanistan (1992–1996), one party being the Islamic State of Afghanistan and the other an alliance of militias led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The Defense Minister of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, resigned his position in exchange for peace, as requested by Hekmatyar who saw Massoud as a personal rival. Hekmatyar took the long-offered position of prime minister. The agreement proved short-lived, however, as Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and his allies soon resumed the bombardment of Kabul.