Hundreds pick arms in support of Dostum in Jawzjan after Taliban ambush KHAAMA PRESS – Tue Oct 18 2016

Hundreds of supporter the First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum picked up arms to declare support following a deadly ambush by the Taliban militants in Faryab province.
The supporters of Gen. Dostum chanted support for the First Vice President and announced their support to counter the Taliban-led insurgency in the northern parts of the country.
Photographs emerging from Jawzjan purportedly shows hundreds of men armed with assault rifles and machine guns as they gather and march in the province to support the Vice President.
The Taliban militants ambushed Vice President Dostum as he was accompanying a convoy of the security forces on the way to Ghormach district that fell to Taliban control last week.
Initial reports indicated the First Vice President sustained a minor injury in the attack as it was confirmed by CEO Abdullah but the office of the Chief Executive released a statement late on Monday and said Gen. Dostum did not suffer any injury, emphasizing that CEO Abdullah made the remarks during the Ministers’ Council meeting based on inappropriate and initial reports.
This is not the first time Gen. Dostum has came under attack by Taliban militants or has escaped assassination plot by the group.
Gen. Dostum first joined the Afghan security forces in the frontline in northern Faryab province earlier in the month of August last year where he survived at least two assassination plots by the anti-government armed militant groups while he was leading counter-terrorism operations.
Initially his convoy was ambushed by the Taliban in militants in Qaisar district in mid August 2015 while another plot to assassinate him was thwarted by the security forces and his special security guards few days later.
At least three suicide bombers were arrested from the vicinity of Gen. Dostum’s residence in Qaisar district in connection to the attack plot last year.http://www.khaama.com/hundreds-pick-arms-in-support-of-dostum-in-jawzjan-after-taliban-ambush-02106