Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (C) and his two vice-presidential candidates Abdul Rashid Dostum (L), a former Uzbek militia leader, and Sarwar Danish (R) attend the first day of the presidential campaign in Kabul February 2, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan recently sent a team of officials to investigate alleged abuses by militias loyal to two rival strongmen in the country's north, underlining concern that tensions there are undermining the authority of the government in Kabul.
Fighters under first vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a veteran of Afghan politics and war since the 1980s, have clashed repeatedly with those controlled by Atta Mohammad Noor, acting governor of the northern province of Balkh.
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