"Everyone has their dignity. I will defend your rights "
General Dostum’s address :rotfl:
will he ?
Afghan warlord’s ballot-box challenge
The Uzbek general, Abdul Rashid Dostum, has become the most high-profile challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the country’s presidential election.
General Dostum on Thursday resigned as President Karzai’s military adviser in order to stand against him in the poll on 9 October.
“I will be a candidate in the presidential election,” General Dostum told a rally of thousands of supporters in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
General Dostum is the main leader of Afghanistan’s Uzbek community and his decision threatens to bring the divisive issue of ethnicity to the forefront of the election campaign.
President Karzai is a member of the country’s largest Pashtun tribe.
