Summary "Ghani won because of my campaigning here. There are two million votes here," he says of his boss.
SHEBERGHAN (AFP) - A self-proclaimed "kingmaker" and bulwark against the Taliban with a penchant for creating friends out of yesterday s foes, the colourful General Abdul Rashid Dostum, vice-president and former warlord, makes his call to arms from his imposing concrete redoubt in northern Afghanistan.
"We will clear out the Taliban from Faryab!" booms the moustached 61-year-old, a Macy s jacket slung over his shoulders despite the sweltering heat of Jowzjan province, a stone s throw from Turkmenistan and neighbouring Faryab province where Islamist insurgents have been plaguing government forces.
Faryab is where the general has decided to make his next visit as vice-president â
