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Abdul Rashid Dostum (/ ˈ ɑː b d əl r ə ˈ ʃ iː d d oʊ ˈ s t uː m / ⓘ AHB-dəl rə-SHEED doh-STOOM; Dari: عبدالرشید دوستم; Uzbek Latin: Abdurrashid Do'stum, Uzbek Cyrillic: Абдуррашид Дўстум, IPA: [ˈæbdurræˈʃid dosˈtum]; born 25 March 1954) is an Afghan warlord, exiled politician, former Marshal in ...
Jul 30, 2023 · Exiled Afghan leader Abdul Rashid Dostum in his home in Turkey last year. He blames the former president of Afghanistan for the fall of the country to the Taliban.
Jun 14, 2022 · Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum, seen here in 2014, is a member of a group of exiled warlords and other leaders who want the Taliban to widen the makeup of Afghanistan's government and...
Jul 27, 2014 · Since the 1980s, Shibirghan has been the stronghold of Abdul Rashid Dostum, an Uzbek Afghan warlord who has played a complex role in the wars that have wracked Afghanistan since 1978.
Aug 18, 2023 · Abdul Rashid Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek warlord and former politician in Afghanistan who is a member of the Supreme Council of National Resistance coalition, has said that his fighters are...
Aug 12, 2021 · The scene was a familiar one as warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum jetted into northern Afghanistan this week -- a promise of bloodshed and vengeance, and no apology for his vicious past.
Abdul Rashid Dostum. Dostum proved to be skilled in rallying Uzbek and Turkmen mujahideen to both the government’s cause and his own. By the late 1980s his army of pro-Communist government horsemen had pacified the north. By 1992 President Najibullah had come to see the writing on the wall as the Soviet Union collapsed and his funds dried up.
