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Afghan Warlord Accused of Rights Abuses Gets Highest Military Rank

15th July, 2020 · admin · 10 Comments

By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News July 15, 2020 ISLAMABAD – A powerful Afghan warlord who was accused of kidnapping and raping a political rival, in addition to other accusations of rights abuses dating back decades, was promoted to the highest military rank of marshal Wednesday in a special ceremony in Jawzjan province. The promotion of Abdul

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Posted in Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Ashraf Ghani, Dostum, Dr. Abdullah |
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Eshchi’s Son Opposes Marshal Rank for Dostum in Proposed Plan

9th May, 2020 · admin · 4 Comments

Tolo News: In a letter to Abdullah Abdullah, Baktash Eshchi, the son of Ahmad Eshchi, the former Jawzjan governor and ex-member of the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, has urged Abdullah not to recommend marshal rank for General Abdul Rashid Dostum in the proposed plan intended to end the political impasse. This comes amid reports

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Posted in Political News | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Ashraf Ghani, Dostum, Dr. Abdullah |
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Taliban Says Dostum Remains on Hit List

31st March, 2019 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 31, 2019 ISLAMABAD — A day after Afghanistan’s First Vice President, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, narrowly survived an assassination attempt, the Taliban vowed Sunday the former warlord remains one of their prime targets. Officials in Afghanistan have confirmed Dostum’s convoy came under a Taliban attack Saturday evening in the northern Balkh

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Posted in Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Dostum, Zabihullah Mujahid |
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EU, Norway Call for Conclusion of Legal Proceedings against Gen. Dostum

13th August, 2018 · admin

Ariana:  “The European Union and Norway takes note of the return of 1st Vice President, General Abdul Rashid Dostum to Afghanistan. We expect the conclusion of the legal proceedings against General Dostum, in full respect of the law and due process. Nobody should be above the law,” the EU and Norway heads of missions in

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, EU-Afghanistan Relations, Political News | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Dostum |
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Gov’t Fails in Fight against Human Trafficking: Religious Scholars

8th August, 2018 · admin · 5 Comments

Ariana: A number of religious scholars and civil activists have criticized the government, saying it fails in fighting against human trafficking and “Bacha Bazi” practice. “The Bacha Bazi practice has an ancient history on this country. This unjustified act is contrary to human nature. Our religious doctrines condemn this as a big crime,” Mawlavi Wasiq, a

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Posted in Crime and Punishment | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Ashraf Ghani Government, Bacha Bazi, human trafficking |
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Seven guards of Afghan VP Dostum sentenced to imprisonment over abuse case

4th November, 2017 · admin

1TV: They were sentenced to imprisonment in absentia by a primary court in Police District 2 of Kabul three days ago, sources told 1TV. Ahmad Ishchi, who made accusations that Dostum ordered his men to rape and torture him, however, said that he is not satisfied with the progress over the case. Click here to read

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Political News | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Dostum |
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Afghan MPs react at US envoy’s remarks regarding Dostum-Ishchi case

15th July, 2017 · admin

Khaama Press: The lawmakers in the Lower House of the Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, reacted at the remarks of the US embassy Charge d’Affaires regarding the controversial case of the first vice president General Abdul Rashid Dostum and former Jawzjan governor Ahmad Khan Ishchi. A member of the parliament, Nasrullah Sadiqizada, said the case has nothing to

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Posted in Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Dostum, Parliament, Torture, Wolesi Jirga |
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Dostum and his associates will never appear before the court: Tahyanj

14th July, 2017 · admin

Khaama Press: As the international community and the Afghan government strictly pursues the case against the first vice president regarding the alleged sexual abuse of Ahmad Khan Ishchi, sources close to General Abdul Rashid Dostum have said the first vice president and his associates will never appear before the court. A spokesman for Junbish Millie party

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Political News | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Dostum, Junbesh-e-Milli, Junbish-e-Milli |
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Afghan Officials Send High-Profile Sexual Assault Case to Court

12th July, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News July 12, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan confirmed Wednesday that an alleged torture and sexual assault case against the country’s first-vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, has been sent to court for further action. A spokesman for the attorney general’s office in Kabul told VOA the charges were investigated with “complete impartiality”

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Dostum, Sexual Assault, Torture |
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Embattled Afghan Vice President Dostum Leaves For Turkey

20th May, 2017 · admin

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan May 20, 2017 Afghan officials say controversial Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has left the country amid claims that he ordered his men to abduct, beat, and rape a political rival last year. Yaseen Khamosh, a media adviser to Dostum, told RFE/RL late on May 19 that Dostum had gone to

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Posted in Political News | Tags: Ahmad Eshchi, Dostum, Turkey-Afghanistan Relations |
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