Feared Afghan warlord says sorry to his victims --- One of the Afghan warlords vying for office in next year’s presidential elections has issued an unprecedented public apology for his role in the country’s bloody civil wars. --- General Abdul Rashid Dostum, 59, a Northern Alliance commander whose name remains a byword for brutality among his southern opponents, said there had been no “white doves” during the past two decades and it was time to apologise. --- He stands accused of the wanton destruction of towns and villages during the civil war of the 1990s and war against the Taliban. -- “I hope from this day onwards that we do not allow a repeat of such bitter incidents.” - Telegraph