The four friends or rivals no body knows?!!

Are they friends or rivals?
What could have brought them together as seen in this photo? May be the heat of politics and the dream of entering into presidential Arg (palace) of Kabul in the coming year presidential election in the country, nobody knows.

From right to left; no. one “Ehsanullah Bayat” a successful Afghan American businessman who runs welfare programs too as part of his electoral campaign, no. two “Abdullah Abdullah” an ex Jihadi commander and then minister of foreign affairs for a time, no. three “Ali Ahmad Jalali” an ex military officer and then minister of interior and no. four “Zalmai Khalilzad” an Afghan American senior diplomat who wishes to take part in the politics of his forefathers land.