PHILADELPHIA, July 24 (UPI) -- It is critical for Washington to use due diligence in investigating a possible coverup of an alleged 2001 massacre in Afghanistan, rights groups say.

KABUL, Afghanistan, July 17 (UPI) -- Allegations regarding the mass killings of hundreds of Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan in 2001 are fabricated and disappointing, an Afghan warlord says.

WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Bush administration officials discouraged an investigation into a mass killing in Afghanistan, government officials and human rights workers say.

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 2 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has given a top post to controversial militia commander Abdul Rashid Dostum despite his alleged link to human rights abuses. A presidential spokesman said Tuesday that Dostum had been appointed to the position of chief-of-sta

SHEBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up in northern Afghanistan during an assassination attempt on Afghan warlord Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum. The attack took place Thursday morning in the city of Sheberghan. Dostum was unharmed, while 20 spectators were injured, i

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 11 (UPI) -- British Army Gurkhas have rescued an Afghan governor from a mansion overrun by forces loyal to a local warlord, the London Telegraph reported Sunday.

MAIMANA, Afghanistan, April 9 (UPI) -- Afghanistan sent soldiers Friday to a provincial capital in a northwestern province that has been overrun by fighters loyal to an Uzbek warlord.

MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Two rival Afghan commanders have renewed promises to end their feuding after meeting with a U.N. Security Council delegation.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Two powerful regional leaders in Afghanistan agreed to unite their forces in a deal with President Hamid Karzai's government, a report said Sunday.