General Abdul Majid Rouzi was an Uzbek commander of

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Descent during the

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. He was allied with the forces of General

Abdul Rashid Dostum Abdul Rashid Dostum ( ; prs, عبدالرشید دوستم; Uzbek Latin: , Uzbek Cyrillic: , ; born 25 March 1954) is an Afghan exiled politician, former Marshal in the Afghan National Army, founder and leader of the political party Junbish- ...

. In 1992 Rouzi was in charge of the overall command of the forces of

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. During the battle of Kabul, Majid Rouzi was reportedly profiting from the looting of Kabul by his forces and the forces of General Dostum. He was recalled to

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in 1992. General Majid Rouzi, at the time in Baghdis Province was one of the commanders who sided with

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when he defected to the Taliban in 1997. He proceeded to arrest Dostum's commanders as well as

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who he handed over to the governor of Herat Mullah Abdul Razzaq Akhundzada. Rouzi was also present during the transfer of Taliban prisoners to

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in which thousands were killed and suffocated in containers. From 25 November-1 December he was in charge of Dostum's forces at the

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in which approximately 300-400 prisoners were killed. On 3 February 2002, in the face of escalating conflict in Mazar-e Sharif, Majid Rouzi lead a 600-person mixed security force for the city drawn from each of the 5 parties operating in the region, after a

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backed agreement. This post will include 240 members of

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, 180 members from Junbushi and 180 members from the 3 Hazara parties such as

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. In 2012, he was an advisor to the Afghan Interior Ministry.

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