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| Dostum says 20, 000 Special Force set to root out Taliban | |
| 2015-01-02 | |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] Afghanistan's vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum ...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier... says that he has prepared a Special Force of 20, 000 fighters to eliminate Taliban from Afghanistan.
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... Abdul Rashid Dostum is said to be one of the expert fighters in Afghanistan who never accepts defeat in the fight. Afghanistan's vice president Abdul Rashid Dostm is on a special mission to northern Afghanistan to convince the armed opponents join grinding of the peace processor. He has made a call to the Taliban that joining grinding of the peace processor and living in peace is better that being killed. Only this week after his visit to the north of the country hundreds of Taliban joined grinding of the peace processor. Dostum says that within 20 days thousands of more Taliban will join government. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Abdul Rashid Dostum is said to be one of the expert fighters in Afghanistan who never accepts defeat in the fight. A soul-mate to Obean maybe. Obean won't acknowledge defeat. Even if he has to redefine victory. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-01-02 14:07 |
| #5 Dostum is a snake. That means he is a far better guy than the Talibans. |
| Posted by: JFM 2015-01-02 11:17 |
| #4 Rob - I get the feeling Dostum wouldn't tolerate losers in his command. He plays to win |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-01-02 09:40 |
| #3 Why do I get the feeling these "special" forces will be riding to the from in short buses? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-01-02 07:59 |
| #2 Or The Horse Soldiers, which is a fairly accurate account of events in the north. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-01-02 01:36 |
| #1 "who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets" Dostum never fought the Soviets. He fought with the Soviets during the '80s against the Mujaheddin. In the '90s and again starting in the Spring of 2001 he fought the Taliban and AlQuaida. He fought with US Special Forces to free northern Afghanistan after 9/11/2001. Those interested can read about him in The Last Warlord. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2015-01-02 00:55 |