“The condition of Dostum’s return to the country was that he would bring tens of thousands of Uzbek votes for Karzai with him. The Uzbeks are intensely loyal to Dostum whom they see as an ethno-secular defender of their rights vis-a-vis the Taliban and Pashtun-Tajik-dominated central government”
And: Philip Bobbitt Discusses His Book ‘Terror And Consent’ On Bloggingheads
