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The Obama administration plans to use a combination of new technology and old-fashioned police work to crack down on the extensive drug trade along the U.S.-Mexican border.
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Malalai Joya, a controversial woman figure in Afghanistan who reached the zenith of fame due to her harsh criticisms of former warlords in the historic Loya Jirga of...
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The German defence minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, tol the Berlin parliament that Gen Schneiderhan had been relieved of his duties for not explaining to his...
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A helicopter belonging to an international military contractor has gone missing in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.
The helicopter for Supreme Global Service...
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On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan has released a shocking report on the rise...
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The Ministry of Higher Education in Afghanistan says that the capacity of Higher Education Institutes in Afghanistan is as big as to accommodate only 20% of the...
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I first came to Kabul in the winter of 2005 to write about a topic considered unlikely by some and outlandish to everyone else: women’s entrepreneurship. I was eager...
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To some it will be seen as Afghanistan’s magic bullet. To others, supporting the country’s hotch-potch of tribal militias is a sure-fire way of recreating the...
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Sabar Mina is cloaked in a light green shawl tinged with dirt. She is holding an empty flour sack that she plans on filling with firewood.
Her eyes are soft and kind,...
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday that the United States could start holding Afghanistan’s government accountable for corruption by withholding money for...
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A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan.
Several...
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Afghanistan’s capital Kabul remained sealed for the commoners as the country’s president was to be sworn in for a second five year’s term.
Kabul was...
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Kabul will witness the oath taking ceremony of its future five year’s ruler today November 19, 2009. The attendance of regional leaders and guests from the western...
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British forces should buy off potential Taleban recruits with “bags of gold”, according to a new army field manual published yesterday.
Army commanders should also...
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Insurgents fired two rockets on Monday into a market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. The...
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The Attorney General of Afghanistan Muhammad Ishaq Aloko revealed the names of Ministers and other government officials accused of widespread corruption during their...
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The document calls for a “combination of carrot and stick” to encourage Taliban commanders and foot soldiers to lay down their arms and rejoin Afghan...
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By Afghan standards, it’s a panic of apocalyptic proportions: A state of emergency has been declared; parents are scaring their children into wearing masks on...
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First came the Brezhnev Market. Then the Bush Market.
Now Afghans are beginning to call their notorious bazaar full of chow and supplies bought or stolen from the vast...
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Some of the Saudi Royals.
Only three nations recognized the Taliban prior to September 11th, 2001: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Needless to say,...
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As violence rises in Afghanistan, the power balance between insurgent groups has shifted, with a weakened al-Qaeda relying increasingly on the emboldened Taliban for...
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The New York Times reports that the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is being linked the the Afghani heroin trade. Ahmed Wali Karzai is being identified as...
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We were taught in the theories of international relations that democracies do not go to war. That notion however somehow seems lost in the erratic behaviour of the US...
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Central America is a victim of the brutal market rules, the play of political, military and economic powers, the rush for profit and the never-ending drug trade.
To...
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We’ll are well aware of the burgeoning opium production and heroin trade in Afghanistan, however, the latest report issued by the UN throws more light on the...
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