Ata M. Noor:
No legal barring for Gen. Dostum to enter the country
General Dostum is currently in Turkey and there is no legal obstacle whenever he intends to travel back to the country, according to the statement of Ata Mohhammad Noor’s official page.
“It was scheduled that a number of officials and engineers from Turkish Ticay institute to come to Mazar-e Sharif as special guests Monday 18 July, and to open the monastery of Sultan al-Ulama Bahauddin wold, son of Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi that their airplane could not land in Malawna.J.M Balkhi airport due to technical problem, so returned,” the statement said.
He further said that the news from a number of media and social pages that the plane carrying Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, the first vice-president was not let to land on Mawlana J.M Balkhi airport, is not true.
“General Dostum is currently in Turkey and there is no legal obstacle whenever he intends to travel back to the country,” Mr. Noor added.
Some domestic media released a news, saying that Ge. Dostum was returning to the country in M.J.M Balkhi airport, which later denied.