Conversation so far:
What did Hekmatyar do after 9/11?
Hekmatyar rejected the U.N.-brokered accord of 5 December 2001.
Was he connected to Bin Laden?
Hekmatyar released a taped message calling for jihad against the United States.
Why did he do this?
Hekmatyar a "global terrorist..
What did the United States say about him?
The U.S.
also requested the United Nations Committee on Terrorism to follow suit, and designate Hekmatyar an associate of Osama bin Laden.
Why did the US call him a global terrorist?
However, in a video released by Hekmatyar 1 September 2003, he denied forming alliances with the Taliban or al-Qaeda, but praised attacks against U.S.
and international forces.

Question: What other interactions with the US were there?
Self-contained rewrite: Besides Gulbuddin Hekmatyar praising attacks against the US, what other interactions with the US were there?