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What is the 2008 resurgence with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar?
In May 2008, the Jamestown Foundation reported that after being sidelined from Afghan politics since the mid-1990s, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's HIG group had recently reemerged as an aggressive militant group“
What is the Jamestown Foundation that reported on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar?
The Jamestown Foundation, that reported on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, is a Washington, D.C.-based institute for research and analysis.
How many bloody attacks against the coalition were there with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar?
Did President Karzai get injured by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's HIG?
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's HIG is thought to have at least assisted in a 27 April 2008 attempt on the life of President Karzai in Kabul that killed three Afghan citizens.
Did the foreign troops survive the helicopter attack by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar?
Did anyone take up President Hamid Karzai to open talks with opponents of the government, thought to be directed at Gulbuddin Hekmatyar?

Question: What did Hekmatyar do in 2008?
Self-contained rewrite: What did Gulbuddin Hekmatyar do in 2008?