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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** ISIS-K bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, targets returning vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum
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Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghan vice president and Uzbek warlord, arrives in Kabul on Sunday, greeted by hundreds of supporters (Reuters)
Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, the vice president of Afghanistan, returned
to Kabul in a chartered plane on Sunday, after a year in exile in
Turkey. Hundreds of his supporters, including high ranking officials,
had gathered to welcome him home.
He gave a short speech, and then shortly after his motorcade left the
Kabul airport, a terrorist bomb struck at the airport, killing at
least 14 people, and injuring dozens.
The reason that he was in exile was because he was accused in 2016
assaulting a political opponent, Ahmad Eshchi, a former governor.
Eshchi claimed in 2016:
<QUOTE>"I took Gen. Dostum’s hand and greeted him [at the
Buzkashi grounds]. From that point, he started abusing me
verbally. He told me that he knows what I have done. He told me he
knows what my son has done. Who will look for you if I kill you
here. I will throw you under the horses and do Buzkashi on you. He
called on his bodyguards and told them to grab me and beat me. He
[Dostum] lay me on the ground and put his foot on my
neck."<END QUOTE>
He claimed that Dostum ordered his bodyguards to beat him up, and then
Dostum threatened to kill him and sexually assaulted him.
Dostum left Afghanistan early in 2017 under pressure from Afghanistan
aid donors, including the United States. Dostum denied Eshchi's
accusations but, amid international demands that he face justice to
show that powerful political leaders were not above the law, he left
the country in May last year, saying he needed to seek medical
treatment in Turkey. Tolo News (Afghanistan) and Australian Broadcasting and Tolo News (2016)
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**** ISIS-K claims credit for bomb targeting Uzbek warlord General Dostum
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The Taliban have disavowed any involvement in the bombing, which was
almost certainly a failed attempt to assassinate vice president Abdul
Rashid Dostum. However, "ISIS Khorasan" (ISIS-K, "Wilayah Khorasan"),
the Afghanistan branch of ISIS, took credit for the bombing on the
ISIS public relations web site.
In addition to being Afghanistan's current vice president, Dostum is
an Uzbek warlord with a very bloody history. During the 1980s
invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union, Dostum was first an ally
of the Soviets, and then switched sides and fought the Soviets.
During the very bloody Afghan civil war of the 1990s, Dostum led an
Afghan army and switched sides in that war two times.
Every ethnic civil war, certainly including the Afghan civil war, is
filled atrocities, including torture, slaughter, rape, sexual assault,
and mutilation, as a matter of course. So the description of the
"conversation" that Dostum had with Ahmad Eshchi described above is
unverified, but is certainly not implausible.
Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, selected Dostum to be his vice
presidential running mate in the 2014 presidential election, in order
to appeal to ethnic Uzbek voters. Dostum is credited with delivering
the ethnic Uzbek vote, and being a big factor in Ghani's victory. The
next presidential election will take place in 2019, and it's thought
that Ghani will try to rehabilitate Dostum in time for that election.
While in Turkey, Dostum formed an alliance with two other powerful
leaders, Atta Mohammad Noor, a major force among ethnic Tajiks and
Mohammad Mohaqiq, a leader of the Hazara minority, both of whom joined
him in Kabul on Sunday. These three ethnic groups -- Uzbeks, Tajiks
and Hazaras -- played major roles in the Northern Alliance that
defeated the Taliban with United States support in the Afghan war that
followed 9/11/2001.
The Taliban consist almost entirely of radicalized ethnic Pashtuns,
which is also the ethnicity of Ghani. So Ghani's choice of Dostum as
vice president represents an attempt to appeal to ethnic groups across
the entire spectrum.
That brings us back to ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of ISIS. ( "18-Jul-18 World View -- Fighting between Taliban and ISIS-K escalates in Afghanistan"
)
The Taliban and ISIS-K are both jihadist groups, but they have
entirely different goals. The Taliban say that their goal is simply
to get all foreign troops -- the US-led coalition -- to leave
Afghanistan. However, that doesn't explain their frequent terror
attacks on Hazaras and other hated ethnic groups that the Pashtuns
fought in the 1990s civil war.
ISIS-K have different stated objectives. Theologically, they consider
the Taliban to be apostates, because they make alliances with secular
governments, such as the government of Afghanistan. ISIS-K, along
with ISIS in Syria and Iraq, have stated that their goals are to
create the world's greatest Caliphate, eliminating all secular
governments.
So that explains the most likely reason why ISIS-K, which contains
Uzbeks as well as other ethnic groups, is taking credit for targeting
the Uzbek vice president, General Abdul Rashid Dostum. AP and BBC and Toronto Star (1-Feb) and Afghan Bios
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Afghanistan, Kabul, Ashraf Ghani,
Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ahmad Eshchi, Turkey,
Atta Mohammad Noor, Mohammad Mohaqiq,
Pashtuns, Taliban, Northern Alliance, Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbekistan,
ISIS Khorasan, Wilayah Khorasan, ISIS-K, ISKP
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- ISIS-K bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, targets returning vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum
- ISIS-K claims credit for bomb targeting Uzbek warlord General Dostum
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**** ISIS-K bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, targets returning vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum
****
Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghan vice president and Uzbek warlord, arrives in Kabul on Sunday, greeted by hundreds of supporters (Reuters)
Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, the vice president of Afghanistan, returned
to Kabul in a chartered plane on Sunday, after a year in exile in
Turkey. Hundreds of his supporters, including high ranking officials,
had gathered to welcome him home.
He gave a short speech, and then shortly after his motorcade left the
Kabul airport, a terrorist bomb struck at the airport, killing at
least 14 people, and injuring dozens.
The reason that he was in exile was because he was accused in 2016
assaulting a political opponent, Ahmad Eshchi, a former governor.
Eshchi claimed in 2016:
<QUOTE>"I took Gen. Dostum’s hand and greeted him [at the
Buzkashi grounds]. From that point, he started abusing me
verbally. He told me that he knows what I have done. He told me he
knows what my son has done. Who will look for you if I kill you
here. I will throw you under the horses and do Buzkashi on you. He
called on his bodyguards and told them to grab me and beat me. He
[Dostum] lay me on the ground and put his foot on my
neck."<END QUOTE>
He claimed that Dostum ordered his bodyguards to beat him up, and then
Dostum threatened to kill him and sexually assaulted him.
Dostum left Afghanistan early in 2017 under pressure from Afghanistan
aid donors, including the United States. Dostum denied Eshchi's
accusations but, amid international demands that he face justice to
show that powerful political leaders were not above the law, he left
the country in May last year, saying he needed to seek medical
treatment in Turkey. Tolo News (Afghanistan) and Australian Broadcasting and Tolo News (2016)
****
**** ISIS-K claims credit for bomb targeting Uzbek warlord General Dostum
****
The Taliban have disavowed any involvement in the bombing, which was
almost certainly a failed attempt to assassinate vice president Abdul
Rashid Dostum. However, "ISIS Khorasan" (ISIS-K, "Wilayah Khorasan"),
the Afghanistan branch of ISIS, took credit for the bombing on the
ISIS public relations web site.
In addition to being Afghanistan's current vice president, Dostum is
an Uzbek warlord with a very bloody history. During the 1980s
invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union, Dostum was first an ally
of the Soviets, and then switched sides and fought the Soviets.
During the very bloody Afghan civil war of the 1990s, Dostum led an
Afghan army and switched sides in that war two times.
Every ethnic civil war, certainly including the Afghan civil war, is
filled atrocities, including torture, slaughter, rape, sexual assault,
and mutilation, as a matter of course. So the description of the
"conversation" that Dostum had with Ahmad Eshchi described above is
unverified, but is certainly not implausible.
Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, selected Dostum to be his vice
presidential running mate in the 2014 presidential election, in order
to appeal to ethnic Uzbek voters. Dostum is credited with delivering
the ethnic Uzbek vote, and being a big factor in Ghani's victory. The
next presidential election will take place in 2019, and it's thought
that Ghani will try to rehabilitate Dostum in time for that election.
While in Turkey, Dostum formed an alliance with two other powerful
leaders, Atta Mohammad Noor, a major force among ethnic Tajiks and
Mohammad Mohaqiq, a leader of the Hazara minority, both of whom joined
him in Kabul on Sunday. These three ethnic groups -- Uzbeks, Tajiks
and Hazaras -- played major roles in the Northern Alliance that
defeated the Taliban with United States support in the Afghan war that
followed 9/11/2001.
The Taliban consist almost entirely of radicalized ethnic Pashtuns,
which is also the ethnicity of Ghani. So Ghani's choice of Dostum as
vice president represents an attempt to appeal to ethnic groups across
the entire spectrum.
That brings us back to ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of ISIS. ( "18-Jul-18 World View -- Fighting between Taliban and ISIS-K escalates in Afghanistan"
)
The Taliban and ISIS-K are both jihadist groups, but they have
entirely different goals. The Taliban say that their goal is simply
to get all foreign troops -- the US-led coalition -- to leave
Afghanistan. However, that doesn't explain their frequent terror
attacks on Hazaras and other hated ethnic groups that the Pashtuns
fought in the 1990s civil war.
ISIS-K have different stated objectives. Theologically, they consider
the Taliban to be apostates, because they make alliances with secular
governments, such as the government of Afghanistan. ISIS-K, along
with ISIS in Syria and Iraq, have stated that their goals are to
create the world's greatest Caliphate, eliminating all secular
governments.
So that explains the most likely reason why ISIS-K, which contains
Uzbeks as well as other ethnic groups, is taking credit for targeting
the Uzbek vice president, General Abdul Rashid Dostum. AP and BBC and Toronto Star (1-Feb) and Afghan Bios
Related Articles
- Fighting between Taliban and ISIS-K escalates in Afghanistan (18-Jul-2018)
- ISIS-K suicide bomber kills over 50 in Kabul, Afghanistan, registering to vote (23-Apr-2018)
- New massive Taliban attack in Kabul Afghanistan kills 95 (28-Jan-2018)
- Trump promises victory in Afghanistan by redefining 'victory' (23-Aug-2017)
- Brief recent generational history of Afghanistan (25-Jul-2017)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Afghanistan, Kabul, Ashraf Ghani,
Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ahmad Eshchi, Turkey,
Atta Mohammad Noor, Mohammad Mohaqiq,
Pashtuns, Taliban, Northern Alliance, Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbekistan,
ISIS Khorasan, Wilayah Khorasan, ISIS-K, ISKP
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
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John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe
