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Rashid Dostum

Abdul Rashid Dostum
عبدالرشید دوستم
Abdul Rashid Dostum in September 2014.jpg
Abdul Rashid Dostum in 2014
First Vice President of Afghanistan
Assumed office
29 September 2014
President Ashraf Ghani
Preceded by Yunus Qanuni
Personal details
Born 1954 (age 62–63)
Jowzjan, Afghanistan
Nationality Afghan, Uzbek
Military service
Allegiance Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Service/branch Afghan National Army
Years of service 1978–Currently
Rank General, warlord
Unit 6th Corps
Battles/wars Soviet war in Afghanistan
Civil war in Afghanistan
War in Afghanistan (2001-present)

Abdul Rashid Dostum (About this sound pronunciation : AHB-dəl rah-SHEED dohs-TOOM;Persian: عبدالرشید دوستم) (born 1954) is an Afghan politician who has served as Vice President of Afghanistan since 2014. He is an ethnic Uzbek, former warlord and general, previously part of the leadership council of the National Front of Afghanistan along with Ahmad Zia Massoud and Mohammad Mohaqiq, as well as chairman of his own political party, Junbish-e Milli-yi Islami-yi Afghanistan (National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan). He also served in the past as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Afghan National Army, a role often viewed as ceremonial.


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