Just like during Afghanistan's civil war in the '90s, powerful former warlords are remobilizing their old militias. The move comes as international forces prepare to leave the country.

(Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan) - Warlords in southern Afghanistan are subverting the loya jirga process to claim both legitimacy and power, Human Rights Watch said in a new briefing paper released ...

Like many mothers in Afghanistan, Maghferat Samimi has affixed a photo of a child to her mobile phone. But the 2 1/2-year-old is not her daughter. She is a rape victim, one of scores that Samimi ...

America’s Warlords in Afghanistan. To fight the Taliban, the United States created a new generation of abusive strongmen that are now running rampant. Kelley Beaucar Vlahos ...

(New York) - Afghan warlords and political strongmen supported by the United States and other nations are engendering a climate of fear in Afghanistan that is threatening efforts to adopt a new ...

The watchdog group, Human Rights Watch, reported Tuesday that Afghan warlords are trying to hijack the upcoming October election. Ray Suarez leads a discussion about the election situation in ...

Afghan security forces are strained to the limit and unable to stop rampant violence fracturing the country, as fighting has intensified between government forces and the Taliban. With the U.S ...

One of the biggest obstacles to free and fair elections in Afghanistan are the countries warlords. Commanding private armies and controlling vast sections of the country, there is little chance ...

Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum, seen here in 2014, is a member of a group of exiled warlords and other leaders who want the Taliban to widen the makeup of Afghanistan's government and include ...

The U.S. collaborated with Afghan warlords and crooked powerbrokers, lining their pockets with billions of taxpayer dollars and turning a blind eye to systemic corruption in the rebuilding effort ...

American taxpayers have spent more than $100 billion rebuilding Afghanistan, creating schools, hospitals and roads while making millionaires out of a rogue's gallery of warlords, gangsters and ...