Afghan Vice-President Dostum accused of sex assault

A senior official in Afghanistan says he was violently kidnapped and sexually molested by Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum late last month.
 
The accusation came from Ahmad Eshchi, the former governor of General Dostum's home province of Jowzjan in the north. 

He said the Vice-President and 10 other men assaulted him while he was forcibly kept at the former warlord's residence for five days.

Gen Dostum denied the accusation, describing it as a "provocation". 
 
He said Mr Eshchi was detained not by him, but by the country's intelligence service for allegations of funding the opposition and having a hand in repeated security issues. 

SOURCE: BBC NEWS