Afghan warlord reclaims his former stronghold

Afghan warlords have a long tradition of changing sides in mid-battle, and none has switched teams more often than Rashid Dostum, the gruff and burly leader of an ethnic Uzbek faction.

Dostum, 46, who was in exile in Turkey until recently, returned to prominence when his troops on Friday rolled into Mazar-e-Sharif, the city that served as the headquarters of his northern fiefdom until he was driven out by the Taliban three years ago.