ISWNews Analysis Group: Due to discord between AbdulGhani Alipour and Muhammad Mohaqiq over controlling different areas of Behsud district including Kotel Mulla Yaqub, tension increased between different tribes of Hazara people.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Security forces search to arrest Abdulghhani Alipour, commander of Behsud popular forces, still continuing.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Commander of Behsud popular forces rejecting the responsibility of shooting down the Afghan army helicopter rejected having any connections with foreign countries.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Commander Alipour evacuated its forces from Behsud to prevent bloodshed, and army and central government forces entered the area.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The people and the popular mobilization forces supported Behsud’s popular forces by holding demonstrations and rallies in the provinces of Bamyan and Daikundi.
ISWNews Analysis Group: On March 20, NATO and Afghan warplanes bombed Behsud area in Maidan Wardak. One woman was martyred and two others were wounded.
ISWNews Analysis Group: On March 19, NATO (most likely British) warplanes bombed Behsud area in Maidan Wardak province.
Behsud is an area in west of Maidan Wardak province in the center of Afghanistan neighbouring Bamyan, Ghazni and Kabul. Most of the northern and western inhabitants of the province are Hazaras and other tribes like Pashtuns (Kochis and Wardakis) and Tajiks are minorities. The area is a main discord point between Kochi people and Hazaras.