Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (SPA) has called the signing of peace deal between the Afghan government and Hezb-e Islami party-led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar a betrayal to the Afghan nation.

Members of SPA party criticized the leaders of National Unity Government (NUG); citing any deal with Hezb-e Islami party is a violation to the principles of human rights.

They called on the United Nations to not remove the name of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar from its black list.

“Any deal with Hekmatyar and other criminals is a betrayal to the nation. Peace would never be achived by victimizing justice,” said Selay Ghafar, spokesman of SPA.

The members of SPA have considered the agreement with Hekmatyar party is not in interest of the people and called for punishing those criminals who involved in killing people.

“We want Afghan people to rise up and raise their voices and do not allow the murderess of their families take the government’s control,” said Mursal, a member of SPA.

After months of delays, Afghanistan government negotiators signed a peace deal Thursday with an insurgent faction led by one of the country’s most notorious warlords.

The deal was signed at a ceremony attended by negotiators, the president’s national security advisor, and representatives of the Hezb-i-Islami faction of Gulbuddin Hekmattyar.

Hekmattyar developed a ruthless reputation during more than three decades of virtually uninterrupted conflict in Afghanistan.

In the 1980s, he received some $600 million in US aid, as Washington armed Afghan mujaheddin fighters battling the Soviet occupation.

During the subsequent civil war between rival mujaheddin commanders in the 1990s, Hekmattyar was accused of committing atrocities against civilians during the deadly struggle for control of the Afghan capital.