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By Jonathan N. Jackson / January 4,
Abdul Rashid Dostum is a powerful Afghan politician and former general who has served as the First Vice President of Afghanistan under President Ashraf Ghani since September 29, He is also the chairman of his own political party, Junbish-e Milli Afghanistan (National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan).
Abdul Rashid Dostum was born in in Kwaja Du Koh; a city in Afghanistans northern province of Jowzjan.
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He was born to a peasant Uzbek family and was forced to drop out of school at a young age. He started working at a state-owned gas field in Sheberghan in and enlisted in the Afghan army in that same year. A few months later, Dostum went on to serve in Sheberghan under the auspices of the then Ministry of Interior.
In the early s, Abdul Rashid Dostum put together and commandeered over 20, militiamen largely drawn from Jowzjan province.
In fact, a majority of these troops and their commanders came from Dostum’s own village. He left the militar