[Tolo News] First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier...
on Tuesday met with three would-be jacket wallahs who had planned to attack him in Faryab.
The three faceless myrmidons with boom jackets strapped to their bodies were tossed in the calaboose
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
on Monday before reaching their target -- Dostum.
Dostum has spent almost four weeks in battle-weary Faryab where he has led an operation to clear the province of the Taliban.
While interrogating the bombers, in the presence of army officers and his guards, Dostum asked them about their motive and other factors behind the plot.
The faceless myrmidons confessed that they had planned to attack Dostum inside a military base in Qaisar district in Faryab.