Conversation so far:
What did Gulbuddin Hekmatyar do after 9/11?
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar declared his opposition to the US campaign in Afghanistan and criticized Pakistan for assisting the United States.
Was Gulbuddin Hekmatyar connected to Osama bin Laden?
In January 2007 CNN reported that Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claimed that his fighters helped Osama bin Laden escape from the mountains of Tora Bora five years ago.“

Question: Why did he do this?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claim that he helped Osama bin Laden?