“Whatever Gen. Dostum orders!”
The warlord’s return is apparently in defiance to Washington's policy but Kabul has imported the burly commander to stop Uzbek’s switching from the incumbent to Dr Abdullah. Junbish was increasingly divided in the absence of its brutal leader.
Upon his arrival the alleged war-criminal declared unreserved support to Mr. Karzai and brought warm regards from his Turkish patron, Abdullah Gul, to his fellow commanders.
Dostum’s return to Afghanistan has been celebrated as the return of a national hero.
The first call the Gen. received upon his arrival at the Kabul airport was from Mr. Karzai who asked if the Gen. needed anything. “Thanks Mr. President! I am grateful to your kindness,” Dostum replied.
The second call was from the much-praised Hanif Atmar, the Interior Minister, who assured the Gen. that the Afghan National Police are at his disposal.
“Thanks to Mr. Atmar…he has instructed the police commanders to do as General Dostum orders,” Dostum proudly told a crowd in the north on 17 August.
Kai Eide and many other diplomats strongly back Mr. Atmar as a “reformist and a technocrat” but in reality Mr. Atmar is no good than his boss who knows no ethical boundaries in sticking to power.
The US Embassy has expressed dissatisfaction with the dignified return of Gen. Dostum. A US national security team is currently looking into details of a massacre of over 2,000 Taliban prisoners in late 2001 by Dostum’s militias.
Who can dare talk to the team investigators and present evidence while the alleged criminal is commanding the police and is treated as the president’s reelection ticket?
The over US$200 million the U.S., the EU and other donors spend for the holding of “democratic elections” are unwittingly used to re-legitimize, re-strengthen and return notorious warlords in order to re-elect corrupt and inept officials.
And as for the national police, they are abused as political tools to protect warlords and criminals than the Afghan public.
The warlord’s return is apparently in defiance to Washington's policy but Kabul has imported the burly commander to stop Uzbek’s switching from the incumbent to Dr Abdullah. Junbish was increasingly divided in the absence of its brutal leader.
Upon his arrival the alleged war-criminal declared unreserved support to Mr. Karzai and brought warm regards from his Turkish patron, Abdullah Gul, to his fellow commanders.
Dostum’s return to Afghanistan has been celebrated as the return of a national hero.
The first call the Gen. received upon his arrival at the Kabul airport was from Mr. Karzai who asked if the Gen. needed anything. “Thanks Mr. President! I am grateful to your kindness,” Dostum replied.
The second call was from the much-praised Hanif Atmar, the Interior Minister, who assured the Gen. that the Afghan National Police are at his disposal.
“Thanks to Mr. Atmar…he has instructed the police commanders to do as General Dostum orders,” Dostum proudly told a crowd in the north on 17 August.
Kai Eide and many other diplomats strongly back Mr. Atmar as a “reformist and a technocrat” but in reality Mr. Atmar is no good than his boss who knows no ethical boundaries in sticking to power.
The US Embassy has expressed dissatisfaction with the dignified return of Gen. Dostum. A US national security team is currently looking into details of a massacre of over 2,000 Taliban prisoners in late 2001 by Dostum’s militias.
Who can dare talk to the team investigators and present evidence while the alleged criminal is commanding the police and is treated as the president’s reelection ticket?
The over US$200 million the U.S., the EU and other donors spend for the holding of “democratic elections” are unwittingly used to re-legitimize, re-strengthen and return notorious warlords in order to re-elect corrupt and inept officials.
And as for the national police, they are abused as political tools to protect warlords and criminals than the Afghan public.
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