Zulmai Tufan was a major aligned with Ittihad-i Islami and Abdul Rasul Sayyaf

Abdul Rasul Sayyaf

Ustad Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf is an Afghan Islamist politician. He took part in the war against the PDPA government in the 1980s, leading the Mujahedin faction Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan....

 and a major power in the area around Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

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In the lead up to the Afshar Operation

Afshar Operation

The Afshar Operation was a military operation by Burhanuddin Rabbani's Islamic State of Afghanistan government forces against Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i Islami and Hezbe Wahdat forces....

 Tufan, along with Shir Alam was reported to have been present as representatives of Abdul Sayyaf, at the major meeting with Ahmad Shah Massoud two days prior to the operation, as well as the meeting with Sayyaf the following day, in which the operation was planned.

He has been accused of abuses, including killing prisoners using tank chains.