MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Officials in northwestern Faryab province say a number of gunmen affiliated with Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum surrounded the airport in an attempt to capture a Wolesi Jirga member.
The officials said the armed men were loyal to Nizamuddin Qaisari, Dosutm’s representative for uprising groups, had ringed the Maimana Airport -- only 1.5 kilometres from the police headquarters. They allegedly tried to arrest MP Fathullah Qaisari.
An official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News Qaisari arrived at the airport . . .
