KABUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Two of Afghanistan's most notorious regional strongmen fled on Saturday as the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif fell to the Taliban and security forces abandoned the city in a ...

Abdul Rashid Dostum, a former warlord, has retained an edge as a purveyor of old-school Afghan hospitality, as his staff routinely feed hundreds, often thousands, at his palace.

Veteran Afghan warlord and former politician Abdul Rashid Dostum has urged groups that oppose the fundamentalist Taliban to unite to form a government-in-exile for Afghanistan to challenge that ...

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 ...

Dostum has been the very definition of a cunning political survivor – Copyright Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia/AFP/File NHET SOK HENG The scene ...

Abdul Rashid Dostum, the thuggish Afghan warlord, would not seem a likely student of Abraham Lincoln. But there he was, echoing the Gettysburg Address as he spoke recently to a large political ...

On the day of the interview, before I could even turn my tape recorder on, general Dostum turned to me and said gruffly, "What is this warlord thing you journalists refer to me?" As I was thinking of ...

More than 150 fighters have taken over the residence of a notorious Afghan warlord. Many are adjusting to a new lifestyle while awaiting orders from the new government. By Jordan Bryon, Alexandra ...