He led at least 10,000 trained troopers at the end of the Soviet war and had expanded his political control of Tajik-dominated areas to Afghanistan's northeastern provinces under the Supervisory Council of the North.
On je predvodio najmanje 10.000 treniranih boraca na kraju rata sa Sovjetima, i proširio je svoju političku kontrolu na oblasti Afganistana u sjeveroistočnim pokrajinama, kojima su dominirali Tadžici.