Abdul Rashid Dostum Military person
Abdul Rashid Dostum (About this sound pronunciation : AHB-dəl rah-SHEED dohs-TOOM; Persian: عبدالرشید دوستم) (born 1954) is an Afghan politician who has served as Vice President of Afghanistan since 2014. He was previously part of the leadership council of the National Front of Afghanistan along with Ahmad Zia Massoud and Mohammad Mohaqiq, as well as chairman of his own political party, Junbish-e Milli-yi Islami-yi Afghanistan (National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan). He also served in the past as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Afghan National Army, a role often viewed as ceremonial.During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Dostum was a general in the Afghan army. He later became an independent warlord and leader of Afghanistan's Uzbek community. He participated in battles against the Mujahideen fighters in the 1980s as well as against the Taliban in the 1990s.
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allegiance | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
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service start | 1978 |
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Abdul Rashid Dostum on Wikipedia
External resources
- http://afghanmassgrave.org
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1563344.stm
- http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents/index.house.of.war.html
- http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/13/obama_calls_for_probe_into_2001
- http://www.generaldostum.com
- http://www.islamicrepublicofafghanistan.com/abdul-rashid-dostum
- http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/57649.html
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0203/life.html
- http://www.zmag.org/cockburndostum.htm