General A' Abd ar-Rashid Dostum, an Uzbek…
1992 CE
General A' Abd ar-Rashid Dostum, an Uzbek born in 1954 in Khowja Dokoh, in northern Afghanistan's Juzjan province, commanded the Juzjani "Dostum Militia" from late 1985 with 20,000 regular militia forces in northern provinces of Afghanistan.
Dostum uses his Uzbek militia to bring down the communist government in 1992.
After Dostum joins with Dr. Najibullah's government and fights against the other mujahedin factions, Najibullah awards the " Hero of the Republic of Afghanistan" medal.
A member of "Hizb-e WatanHomeland Party former PDPA, Dostum distances himself from Najibullah and joins with mujahedin during the transition of power in Kabul in 1992.
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