Who did Dostum overthrow to regain control of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1997?
Taliban
Abdul Malik Pahlawan
Hekmatyar
Rabbani
Answer
Abdul Malik Pahlawan was overthrown by Dostum in 1997, who regained control of Mazar-i-Sharif. Dostum had been forced to flee the city in 1996 after the Taliban captured it, but he returned the following year with the help of Uzbek militias and retook the city.
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