On May 28, 2007, a clash between protestors
and police in Sheberghan resulted in the death of six protestors,
extensive property damage to government buildings and injuries to
over thirty protestors and policemen. The fatal protest was part
of a power clash between the northern general and politician Rashid
Dostum and other politicians in the province, particularly the Governor
Joma Khan Hamdard who is widely unliked among local population and
MP Ahmad Khan, who had just survived an assassination attempt a few
days previous that he blamed on Dostum.
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