MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Protestors demanding release of Nizamuddin Qaisari, a close aide of Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, on Thursday blocked the Andkhoi-Mazar-Sharif highway that leads to Aqina border crossing with Turkmenistan.
Nizamuddin Qiasari, one of the first president Dostum’s top commanders in Faryab, was arrested by commando forces in Maimana and transferred to capital Kabul three days ago.
Similar protests were staged in Jawzjan, Sar-i-Pul, Baklh and Takhar province against the detention of Qaisari.
Wednesday’s demonstration in Faryab . . .
