...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...from
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
has been turned away when it tried to land in a northern city, officials say.
Afghan officials told news agencies on Tuesday that a private jet flying to the city of Mazar-e-Sharif was ordered to fly to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, for checks late on Monday following indications that Dostum, 63, was trying to return to the country.
The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Dostum's plane diverted to Turkmenistan.
Dostum, a powerful ethnic Uzbek leader and former general, flew to Turkey in May after he was accused of ordering the detention and torture of a political rival.