Bin Ladin apparently kept his options open, maintaining contacts with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who, though an Islamic extremist, was also one of the Taliban's most militant opponents.
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Bin Ladin made friends with other extremists like Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who was Islamic.
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