Saleh's remarks came in response to General Kurilla's testimony before the US House Armed Services Committee, where he ...

This time, Dostum, 62, is not a warlord but the first vice president of a government backed by the United States and Europe — a heartbeat away from replacing President Ashraf Ghani. Afghan vice ...

Amrullah Saleh, the former vice president of Afghanistan, declared Tuesday that he is the “legitimate caretaker president” as he is in the process of bringing together military leaders to ...

No," he said. Afghan forces have killed or captured dozens of al Qaeda fighters in the last few days alone, the vice president said. "If we say the Taliban have separated themselves, decoupled ...

Afghanistan’s first vice president was injured and at least 10 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb detonated in Kabul as his convoy passed. First Vice President Amrullah Saleh suffered ...

Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum was not harmed in ambushes by Taliban insurgents over the weekend, Afghan officials said Sunday. At least one of his guards died during two attacks on ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, July 6 -- Ab- dul Qadir, a vice president and cabinet minister in the Afghan government and a key political figure for 25 years, was assassinated just after noon today as his ...

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Tuesday he was in Afghanistan and the "legitimate caretaker president" after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country as ...

Police have launched an investigation, the official said. Mohaqeq ran unsuccessfully for president in 2004 and once served on the Afghan peace council tasked with reconciliation efforts.

Via The Foreign Bureau. Photo: AP. KABUL—One of Afghanistan's most influential power brokers, First Vice President Mohammed Qasim Fahim, died Sunday, altering the country's political landscape ...