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Abdul Rashid Dostum

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Abdul Rashid Dostum ( AHB-dəl rə-SHEED doh-STOOM; Dari: عبدالرشید دوستم; Uzbek Latin: Abdurrashid Do'stum, Uzbek Cyrillic: Абдуррашид Дўстум, IPA: [ˈæbdurræˈʃid dosˈtum]; born 25 March 1954) is an Afghan former military officer, warlord and exiled politician. He is the founder and leader of the Junbish-e Milli political party, and was a senior army officer in the military of the former Afghan communist government during the Soviet–Afghan War, initially part of the Afghan Commando Forces. In 2001, Dostum became a key indigenous ally to the U.S. Special Forces and the CIA during the campaign to topple the Taliban government. He is one of the most powerful warlords since the beginning of the Afghan conflict, infamous for being an opportunist and siding with winners during Afghanistan's several civil wars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Rashid Dostum is the 5,547th most popular politician (down from 4,677th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 39th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Rashid Dostum ranks 5,547 out of 19,576. Before him are Abbas Mirza, Henry A. Wallace, Valentin Pavlov, Guillaume de Beaujeu, İslâm III Giray, and Dries van Agt. After him are Ishak Pasha, William I, Count of Holland, Louis I of Naples, Mucianus, Félix Tshisekedi, and Alexander Danilovich Menshikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Abdul Rashid Dostum ranks 71. Before him are Tony Todd, Sezen Aksu, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Michael Dudikoff, Yanni, and Michael Moore. After him are Uli Stielike, Ilan Ramon, David Keith, Jane Campion, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, and James Pickens Jr..

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdul Rashid Dostum ranks 48 out of 177. Before him are Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), Nur Jahan (1577), Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Minhaj-i-Siraj (1193), and Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100). After him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Ali Hujwiri (1009), Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769), Mirwais Hotak (1673), and Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Abdul Rashid Dostum ranks 33. Before him are Khalil Sultan (1384), Heracles of Macedon (-327), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), and Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925). After him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769), Mirwais Hotak (1673), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), and Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926).

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