Abdul Rashid Dostum returns from Turkey

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General Abdul Rashid Dostum, an ex-warlord and President Hamid Karzai’s former chief of staff, returned to Afghanistan today. He had been living in exile in Turkey. Dostum is the leader of Afghanistan’s Uzbek community. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh). >>> See a BBC profile of Afghanistan’s ethnic communities.

A warlord returns to Afghanistan

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It’s the last day of campaigning for presidential elections in Afghanistan on Thursday. President Hamid Karzai got an endorsement from a notorious warlord. General Abdul Rashid Dostum returned from exile yesterday to urge his supporters to vote for the incumbent, Hamid Karzai. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports.