Video: Taliban fighters take over General Dostum Palace in Mazar-i

Dostum scolded the prisoners for not taking salaries to ght for their rightful ruler, the government He also pointed out that the rebels' commanders were

Dostum was a major army commander in the communist government during the Soviet–Afghan War, and in 2001 was a key indigenous ally to Special Forces and the

dostum Dostum told Rolling Stone that at the height of the Taliban's summer offensive attacks, he was actually poisoned by unknown “enemies” and then

dostum Dostum, Abdul Rashid Abdul Rashid Dostum ('Abd al-Raszhid Dostum or Dostam, born 1954 in Khojah Dukoh is a former pro-Soviet fighter during