Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum is expected to return to Kabul Sunday, more than a year after fleeing the country during an investigation into the rape and torture of a political rival. The ...

KABUL (Reuters) - After months of exile in Turkey, Uzbek General Abdul Rashid Dostum returned to Afghanistan on Sunday after being given a government all-clear in the face of threats by his supporters ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani gave his first indication on Sunday that vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum could be allowed to return from exile after days of protests by the former ...

KABUL — A political rival of Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum said on Tuesday that he had been tortured and raped with an assault rifle over five days after being abducted by Dostum last month. The ...

A powerful Afghan warlord accused of kidnapping and raping a political opponent and of committing rights abuses for decades has been given the country's highest military rank, a top official said ...

The U.S. and many Afghans may see Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum as the epitome of the worst brand of warlord politics, but to President Hamid Karzai he represents a bloc of votes crucial to winning ...

A powerful Afghan warlord accused of kidnapping and raping a political opponent and of committing rights abuses for decades has been given the country's highest military rank. Former Vice President ...

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Crowds converge on Afghan General Abdul Rashid Dostum to welcome him from exile in Turkey during a ceremony in Shibergan in northern Afghanistan August 17, 2009. Dostum returned to Afghanistan on ...

Efforts to disarm the rival armed factions in Afghanistan produced a breakthrough yesterday as one of the most powerful warlords, Abdul Rashid Dostum, agreed in principle to give up his private army's ...

Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum is expected to return to Kabul Sunday, more than a year after fleeing the country during an investigation into the rape and torture of a political rival. The ...