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Accused of Rape and Torture, Exiled Afghan Vice President Returns

FILE -- Saleh Mohammmad Faizi, a former personal chauffeur to Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, in Ebensee, Austria, where the authorities have granted him asylum, March 10, 2017. In a deal with the government, Gen. Dostum was allowed to come home. Moments after he left the airport, a suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing 20 and wounding 90 others. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)