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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 ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan's vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, escaped unhurt from an attack that killed one of his bodyguards on Saturday, dodging death for the second ...

Afghanistan's former vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, a powerful warlord who has long held undue sway over the country's politics, called on his supporters Wednesday to take to the streets to ...

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 ...

In November 2001, as the militiamen of the Northern Alliance were preparing to assault an Afghan city that remained under Taliban control, the militia’s commander, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, phoned an ...

KABUL — Afghanistan has launched an investigation into allegations that the country’s vice president sexually assaulted a rival, in the face of mounting criticism from Western allies and activists ...

A former governor has accused Afghan First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum of ordering his rape with an assault rifle and other forms of torture after he was abducted by Dostum and gunmen ...

A powerful and controversial Afghan warlord returned from exile in Turkey late Sunday — in an apparent attempt by President Hamid Karzai to attract ethnic Uzbek voters in this week’s presidential poll ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — A powerful Afghan warlord will challenge President Hamid Karzai in the country’s October elections, his spokesman said Thursday. Abdul Rashid Dostum decided to run after securing ...