Dostum

According to Human Rights Watch in 1997 Taliban soldiers were summarily executed in and around Mazar-i Sharif by Dostum's Junbish forces. citation Dostum was defeated by the Taliban in 1998 with the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif.

Karmal's influence over Dostum appeared indirect – some of his former associates supported Dostum.

Apart from accusations of torture and rape against political opponents, Dostum’s militia continued to attack civilians in northern Afghanistan.

Dostum denied the charges.

On Twitter, a Taliban spokesman said the insurgent group had carried out the attack and claimed four of Dostum’s bodyguards had been killed.

Taliban fighters on Saturday attacked a convoy carrying Afghanistan’s vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, in an assault that left the former warlord unscathed but killed one of his bodyguards, an official told AFP.

Dostum, a powerful former warlord accused of human rights abuses, had left the airport minutes before the blast.

Dostum had been undergoing medical treatment in Turkey, was now well, and would resume work, presidential spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri said.

Dostum’s supporters protested, stormed government offices, burned properties, closed factories, blocked highways, and closed customs and borders — affecting Afghanistan’s economy and creating more chaos and fear for civilians.

Dostum, who is linked to a catalogue of human rights abuses in Afghanistan, was mobbed like a celebrity as he left the chartered plane from Turkey, where he has lived since May 2017.

Atta's men kidnapped and killed a number of Dostum's men, and constantly agitated to gain control of Mazar-e-Sharif.

Dostum is barred from entering the U.S. citation References Bibliography * Vogelsang, Willem.

In November 2001, with the beginning of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, and against the wishes of the CIA who distrusted Dostum, a team including Johnny Micheal Spann landed to set up communications in the Dar-e-Suf.

On April 17, as his government fell, he tried to escape but was stopped at Kabul Airport by Dostum's forces.

On that visit to Europe, he also warned the US about Bin Laden. citation The areas of Massoud Life in the areas under direct control of Massoud was different from the life in the areas under Taliban or Dostum's control.

Senior Afghan government officials do not trust Dostum as they are concerned that he might be secretly rearming his forces.

Taliban and Northern Alliance era Following the rise of the Taliban and their capture of Kabul, Dostum aligned himself with the Northern Alliance (United Front) against the Taliban.

The Jowzjani militia Dostum controlled was one of the few in the country which was able to be deployed outside its own region.

The nation is led by President Ashraf Ghani with Abdul Rashid Dostum and Sarwar Danish as vice presidents.

They eventually surrendered to Dostum.