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Afghanistan vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum survives Taliban attack, one of his bodyguards killed
• 6 years agoDostum, a powerful ethnic Uzbek leader, is notorious in Afghanistan for extreme barbarities and for repeatedly switching loyalties over 40 years of conflict.
Kabul explosion toll rises to 23, with 107 injured; Islamic State claims attack on airport after vice-president's return
• 7 years agoAt least 107 others were wounded in Sunday's powerful explosion, which happened as scores of people were leaving the Kabul airport after welcoming home Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum from exile
Kabul suicide attack: 14 dead, 60 wounded at airport entrance; civilians, including child and security officials among casualties
• 7 years agoA suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and wounded 60 at the entrance to Kabul international airport on Sunday, officials said, as scores gathered to welcome home Afghan Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum from exile.
Kabul explosion kills 11, injures 14 shortly after Afghan vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum's return
• 7 years agoAn explosion near Kabul's international airport injured at least 10 people on Sunday, officials said, shortly after Afghan vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum returned to the country after more than a year in exile.
Afghan Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum accused of abduction, sexual assault of rival
• 8 years agoAllegations that Afghanistan's first vice president and his guards sexually assaulted a political rival while holding him captive in his private compound prompted calls on Tuesday from Western allies for a government investigation.
Car bomb explodes near Spanish embassy in Kabul
Fp Archives • 9 years agoA massive car bomb struck central Kabul during rush hour on Friday evening, followed by ongoing bursts of gunfire, officials said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Afghanistan: Taliban carries out suicide attack, 4 dead
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAt least four people were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul early on Tuesday, the latest in a series of fatal blasts to hit the Afghan capital. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.