KABUL in the Qaisar district of northwestern Faryab province.
Speaking to reporters in Kabul, a tribal elder from the district, Arbab Sarwari, said first Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum had launched an offensive against Taliban in parts of the province.
But some local powerful individuals sexually assaulted women and snatched properties during the anti-militant push, he alleged. Some residents were tortured, their properties set afire and asked to pay money in return for their release. Several . . .
