KABUL (Pajhwok): The Hezb-i-Junbish Islami (HJI) has rejected allegations of sexual assault and human rights abuses against its leader and First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum.
At a meeting, key party members asked Dostum to resolve the issue, HJI spokesman Bashir Ahmad Tainj told reporters late on Wednesday. The allegations were part of conspiracy to defame the VP, he claimed.
Referring to an earlier armed attack on Dostum, Tainj said: “Some foreign agents and internal circles wanted to assassinate the vice . . .
