Abdul Rashid Dostum

Taliban fighters have taken over the glitzy Kabul mansion of one of their fiercest enemies -- the warlord and fugitive ex-vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum.

Taliban fighters on Saturday attacked a convoy carrying Afghanistan's vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, in an assault that left the former warlord unscathed but killed one of his bodyguards, an official told AFP.

A 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.

Allegations 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 the country's Western allies for a government investigation.

An Afghan soldier hailed as a hero for defending parliament from a Taliban assault has been arrested after a fatal traffic accident in Kabul involving a car he had been given as a reward, the Ministry of Interior said on Thursday.

Afghanistan's intelligence agency said on Saturday it had foiled an attempt to assassinate Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum in the northerly Jawzjan province.

Afghanistan ended 2014 with a mixture of violence and hope today, as a Taliban attack was thwarted, a policeman gunned down his comrades and one of the country's leaders said he had convinced hundreds of insurgents to lay down their arms and support peace efforts.

Afghans head to the polls on Saturday for the second time in 10 weeks to elect a president who will take office as most foreign forces prepare to leave after nearly 13 years of inconclusive war.

Taliban fighters have taken over the glitzy Kabul mansion of one of their fiercest enemies -- the warlord and fugitive ex-vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum.

Taliban fighters on Saturday attacked a convoy carrying Afghanistan's vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, in an assault that left the former warlord unscathed but killed one of his bodyguards, an official told AFP.

A 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.

Allegations 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 the country's Western allies for a government investigation.

An Afghan soldier hailed as a hero for defending parliament from a Taliban assault has been arrested after a fatal traffic accident in Kabul involving a car he had been given as a reward, the Ministry of Interior said on Thursday.

Afghanistan's intelligence agency said on Saturday it had foiled an attempt to assassinate Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum in the northerly Jawzjan province.

Afghanistan ended 2014 with a mixture of violence and hope today, as a Taliban attack was thwarted, a policeman gunned down his comrades and one of the country's leaders said he had convinced hundreds of insurgents to lay down their arms and support peace efforts.

Afghans head to the polls on Saturday for the second time in 10 weeks to elect a president who will take office as most foreign forces prepare to leave after nearly 13 years of inconclusive war.