Infamous Afghan warlord and ex-Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar rejected any increase in US troops today. He said elections are the only way to bring stability to the war-torn country. <br/><br/>The 70-year-old, said that Afghanistan desperately needed a strong central government led by a powerful president. <br/><br/>Without this it is impossible to bring peace and stability to the country. Hekmatyar said, in his first press conference with foreign media since returning to Afghanistan after more than twenty years in exile.<br/><br/>Hekmatyar, a two-time Prime Minister, is one of the most notorious warlords in Afghanistan's history and is accused of killing thousands of people during the bloody 1992-1996 civil war. <br/><br/>He is back in the political mainstream after returning to Afghan public life in April due to a landmark, but hugely controversial, peace deal he signed with the Kabul government.