AIBAK (Pajhwok): Protestors, demanding the release of Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum’s aide Nizamuddin Qaisari, on Saturday blocked the Kabul-Balkh highway in northern Samangan province.
Qaisari, a top commander of Vice-President Dostum in Faryab, was arrested by Afghan National Army commandos in Maimana and transferred to Kabul last week.
Similar protests have also been staged in Jawzjan, Sar-i-Pul, Baklh and Takhar provinces. Wednesday’s demonstration in Faryab turned violent as the protestors torched the governor’s house and several other government buildings . . .
