KABUL's First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum late on Friday. The meeting at the presidential complex in Ankara -- Turkey’s capital -- was closed to the media, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday. Dostum, a leader of the…
KABUL Salvation Alliance (ASA), his party spokesman said on Friday. Dostum, who is also head of the Jumbesh-i-Melli Islami Afghanistan (JMIA), was cornered to his residence and later flew to Turkey after his alleged involvement in sexual assault and detention…
KABUL or lower house members on Wednesday said not allowing the plane carrying first vice-president Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum to land was ‘an insult’ to the VP, adding those behind the scenes should be identified. A day earlier reports said…
First vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum’s office on Thursday reacted to recent remarks of the US ambassador to Kabul regarding allegations against the VP, saying, such ‘irresponsible’ statements from foreign diplomats were creating concerns for the Afghan people. Dostum’s…
The torture and rape case against First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum has been referred to the court, an official said on Wednesday. Currently living in Turkey, Dostum is accused of ordering his loyalists to abduct, beat and…
American officials on Tuesday asked the Afghan government not to come under political pressure in investigating allegations against first vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum. The VP is accused of ordering sexual and physical abuse of a political rival, Ahmad…
Hundreds supporters of First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum in northwestern Faryab province accused some groups within the government for staging conspiracy which resulted in deprivation of Dostum from his legal powers. The supporters and members of…
Supporters of Junbish-i-Milli party, led by First Vice-President Abdul Rashin Dostum, on Friday warned of erecting protest camp in front of the Presidential Palace if their voice was not heard. Holding a meeting in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of…
Reacting to First Lady Rula Ghani’s remarks, the Office of the First Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum, on Monday said the Presidential Palace was deliberately omitting an ethnic group from the country’s political arena. Earlier, Rula Ghani told…
Two of Gen. Dostum’s bodyguards have not yet appeared in the attorney general’s office (AGO) and the remaining seven are not in custody, with a former governor calling for the vice-president’s suspension and his referral to investigators. Analysts…
First Vice President (VP) Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum has rejected the siege of his residence in capital Kabul by security forces and termed it the enemy’s propaganda. Dostum issued the remarks during an hour-long address to his supporters…
The State Department has affirmed its support for a probe into allegations that the Afghan vice-president sexually assaulted and tortured an opponent in northern Jawzjan province. VP Abdul Rashid Dostum allegedly abducted former governor Ahmad Eshchi last month…
The European Union (EU) and a number of other countries have asked for a formal investigation into allegations of human rights violations and misusing of authority in kidnapping a tribal elder against 1st Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum.…
Eng. Ahmad, a tribal elder and the Afghanistan Working Group member, has been kidnapped by gunmen affiliated to 1st vice-president Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, local officials and the elder’s family alleged on Saturday. Gen. Dostum had a verbal…
President Ashraf Ghani has appointed a fact-finding delegation to investigate an attack on security convoy of First Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum. A statement from the Presidential Palace received said: “In order to investigate the attack on the operational…
First Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum,currently on a visit to Farah province, has said some internal and foreign circles are trying to send 7,500 Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), rebels to northern Afghanistan. He said the IS militants…
First Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum, who recently traveled to northwestern Faryab province to clear Ghormach district of Taliban, said his next target was to eliminate rebels from northern Kunduz province. Ghormach district of Faryab was captured by…
First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum on Monday lashed out at President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, saying the two leaders remained rivals despite a 5050 power sharing in the government while his part was missing.…
First Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum on Sunday provided cash and food assistance to families of border policemen killed during Torkham border clashes. A week back, Pakistani forces tried to construct a gate at the border to check what…
Reacting to violent clashes between supporters of Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta Mohammad Noor, President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said protests were people’s right, but those restoring to violence would be dealt with sternly. One person was killed…
Protesters in northern Sar-i-Pul and Samangan provinces on Wednesday asked the government to identify and take legal action against individuals involved in removing portraits of the First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum in the capital of northern…
First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum on Saturday warned to move court against some so-called political commentators accusing him of tribal discrimination and genocide. Dostum, who is spearheading a clearing operation in northern Jawzjan province for the past…
First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum has said he would stand by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani until the last minute of his life. He held out the vow during a dinner reception for Ashraf Ghani at his…
First Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum on Thursday said he had no intention to part ways with the unity government, but complained most of the election campaign promises with people could not be honoured so far. Addressing a convention…
