...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...demanded the immediate release of his close ally and former police chief of Qaisar district of Faryab Nizamuddin Qaisari.
Gen. Dostum raised the demand shortly after returning to Kabul and appearing before a press conferene in his office in Kabul.
He said he will hold talks with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..regarding the release of Qasairi.
However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
he warned that he will leave the country once again if President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani did not accept his demand for the release of Qaisari.
This comes as sources close to Junbish Milli Party had earlier said that the First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum will step up efforts for the release of Commander Nizamuddin Qaisari after his return to Kabul today.
A front man of Junbish Milli Party, Bashir Ahmad Tahyanj, said Commander Qaisari will soon be released from the detention facility of the Intelligence Directorate.
He said Commander Qaisari will be shifted to his accommodation after his release from the Intelligence Directorate’s detention facility where the First Vice President would be able to visit him.
Tahyanj did not disclose further information in this regard but added that the peaceful protests would continue regarding the recent upheavals and further decisions will be jointly taken after Gen. Dostum’s return.