TEHRAN - Militant leader and Head of Afghanistan's Hezb-e Islami (Islamic Party) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is in critical health conditions and might even die, an Afghan military expert disclosed.

"Hekmatyar went to a state of coma on Thursday after his health conditions aggravated few days ago; he might die," Ahmad Saeedi told FNA on Sunday.

He said that Hekmatyar who lived in Peshawar, Pakistan, was transferred to a hospital in Karachi two days ago.

"Although we cannot fully confirm or reject Hekmatyar's death, he is certainly not in favorable health conditions," Saeedi added.

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is the founder and active leader of the Hezb-e Islami political party, and a designated "global terrorist" by the United States. After escaping from prison in Afghanistan in 1973, he moved to Pakistan.

Hekmatyar voiced his full support for the Saudi aggression against Yemen since the airstrikes started over 80 days ago. He has also declared his readiness to join the coalition with his troops.

In June an Arab media report said that Saudi Arabia has sent a secret letter to Hekmatyar to assassinate Pakistani officials.

The Arabic-language Alwaie News said Riyadh has demanded Hekmatyar to stage terror attacks on the lives of senior Islamabad officials after they refrained from joining the Saudi-led coalition in the war on Yemen.

"The Saudi kingdom has demanded the leader of Afghanistan's Hezb-e Islami to stage the terror operations in Pakistan to take revenge from Islamabad for its defiance," the website wrote.

The report said Riyadh has demanded Hekmatyar to stage a series of terror operations on the lives of Pakistani leaders, figures and tribes, but declined to reveal any further details.  (FNA)