Abdul Rashid Dostum, also accused of slaughtering hundreds of Taliban prisoners by suffocating them in sea containers, vowed: “This time I will really kill you.”
'I WILL KILL YOU' Boozy warlord ‘who crushed prisoner to death under tank’ vows to destroy Taliban in Afghanistan
Jerome Starkey
A WHISKY-swilling warlord who allegedly killed a prisoner by crushing him under a tank has swooped into northern Afghanistan to lead the fight against the Taliban.
Abdul Rashid Dostum, also accused of slaughtering hundreds of Taliban prisoners by suffocating them in sea containers, vowed: “This time I will really kill you.”
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Abdul Rashid Dostum in Kabul sports stadium with his followers in 2004Credit: Times Newspapers Ltd
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The former general vows to turn northern Afghanistan into the 'graveyard of the Taliban'Credit: AP:Associated Press
The ruthless former general, 67, who rode stallions into battle, has fought on many sides of Afghanistan’s 40-year war – but always against the Taliban.
His chilling message continued: “They will never escape.
“They will all be killed.
“I will turn northern Afghanistan into the graveyard of the Taliban.”
The former communist turncoat, right, jetted into the city of Mazar-i-Sharif with President Ashraf Ghani, a former World Bank clerk, to rally a resistance against the Taliban’s lightning advance.
General Lord Richard Dannatt, a former UK Army chief, warned asking warlords to help “was inviting chaos”.
The former general vows to turn northern Afghanistan into the 'graveyard of the Taliban'
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