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په منځۍ اسیا د تزاري روس د تاړاکونو له لامله د هغه ځای دیندوسته مسلمانان دې ته اړ شول، چې ګاونډی هېواد (افغانستان) ته پنا یوسي، د مهاجرت دا لړۍ همداسې له ۱۹مې پېړۍ څخه نیولې تر ۲۰مې پېړۍ پورې روانه وه، چې د شلمې پېړۍ په دویمه لسیزه کې د توردي کورنۍ هم د افغانستان مخه وکړه او د خواجه دوکوه په سیمه کې اباد شول.
تر ۱۹۳۰ز کال پورې دا کورنۍ پدې وتوانېده چې د یو خټین کور سره سره یوه ټوټه زمکه هم ترلاسه کړي، د شلمې پېړۍ په څلورمه لسیزه کې د توردی ...
It is Friday — holy day — in Kabul. Near the checkpoint barrier a woman begs, her burka hiding her shame, but the only thing she receives is a spattering of dirt cast up by the passing trucks. The barrier lifts. Soldiers in dark green uniforms, rifles slung over their shoulders, wave me through. As I climb out of the car a thousand eyes burn into me, but I am careful not to return anyone’s gaze.
Such brazen conduct from a foreign woman would be sure to get me into trouble. Inside the house, in a marble room with a shiny new lift that wouldn’t look out of place in a ...
amalia - in poll Abdul Rashid Dostum To the Editor:In his review of Doug Stanton’s “Horse Soldiers” (May 17), Bruce Barcott calls Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum of the Northern Alliance “a courageous, relatively liberal leader.” Liberal? Here’s what a New York Times story had to say about Dostum about a year ago: “General Dostum is one of Afghanistan’s most notorious former warlords. . . . He remains an intimidating presence on the political scene and by many reports has continued to use violence against critics and rivals.”There’s nothing “liberal” about Dostum, ...
cici - in poll Abdul Rashid Dostum
Afghan police officers on patrol during the siege of the house of Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, an Uzbek leader.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Dozens of armed police officers laid siege on Sunday to the house of a powerful ethnic Uzbek leader, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, in the diplomatic district of the capital, Kabul’s police chief said. The action came after about 50 of General Dostum’s followers attacked and briefly abducted a political rival Saturday night.General Dostum is one of Afghanistan’s most notorious former warlords. His militia was disarmed, and he now leads a ...
alexasa - in poll Abdul Rashid Dostum
Ex-ISI Chief Says Purpose of New Afghan Intelligence Agency RAMA Is ‘to destabilize Pakistan’ In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy Journal, retired Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul responds to charges that he supports terrorism, discusses 9/11 and ulterior motives for the war on Afghanistan, claims that the U.S., Israel, and India are behind efforts to destabilize Pakistan, and charges the U.S. and its allies with responsibility for the lucrative [...] |
Afghanistan: Karzai Reappoints Dostum as Chief of Army Staff Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has reappointed Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum as his chief of army staff. General Dostum, for those who don’t know, is “one of the most ruthless warlords” in Afghanistan, and as a member of the Northern Alliance, a U.S. ally and likely C.I.A. asset in the war to overthrow the Taliban [...] |
Abdul Rashid Dostum Returns to Afghan Government Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has reappointed Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum as his chief of army staff. General Dostum, for those who don’t know, is “one of the most ruthless warlords” in Afghanistan, and as a member of the Northern Alliance, a U.S. ally and likely C.I.A. asset in the war to overthrow the Taliban [...] |
Role of Alleged CIA Asset in Mumbai Attacks Being Downplayed The role in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month of an underworld kingpin that heads an organization known as D-Company, has known ties to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and who is alleged to have ties with the CIA is apparently being whitewashed, suggesting that his capture and handover to India might prove inconvenient for [...] |