哈米德·古尔

Hamid Gul sits at the center of one of the most consequential proxy-war systems of the late Cold War: the Pakistani, American, and Saudi support pipeline that armed Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet-backed Afghan state. His significance lies not in conventional battlefield command but in how intelligence institutions can shape the direction, ideology, and aftermath of war from behind the front line. That makes Gul more than a spy chief. His role illustrates how proxy strategy can achieve short-term geopolitical goals while creating long-term militant infrastructures that outlive the conflict they were originally built to fight.