TEHRAN, July 22 - Afghanistan's first vice president, a former Uzbek warlord, is returning home after more than a year of living in Turkey, a Kabul government official said Sunday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum is expected to return to the Afghan capital, Kabul, later in the afternoon, presidential spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri said.
Dostum had been undergoing medical treatment in Turkey, was now well and would resume work, the spokesman added.
Dostum left the country under controversial circumstances in 2017, after the attorney-general's office opened an investigation into allegations that his followers had tortured and sexually abused a former ally turned political rival. He had since reportedly been prevented by the government from returning to Afghanistan.
It was not immediately clear whether Dostum will face any charges once home.
"The judiciary in Afghanistan is an independent body and would carry out its duties and responsibilities as it deems appropriate," said an official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the issue.
Source: AP
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