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  • Outside View: Playing the India card in Afghanistan 9 Dec 2009 14:14 GMT
    ... HELSINKI, Finland, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Speaking during ... beyond." Singh clearly noted that progress in Afghanistan translated to broader security benefits for the ... greater know-how to move Afghanistan from a poppy-growing culture. The proximity of India to Afghanistan ...

  • Obama's big mistake in Afghanistan 9 Dec 2009 13:31 GMT
    ... increase the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan by 30,000, raising the total there to ... with a difficult terrain, hard climate, an opium-dependent economy, and people who generally unite around ...

  • Africa drug trade 'fuels terror' 9 Dec 2009 11:58 GMT
    ... while another 30 to 35 tonnes of Afghan heroin was being trafficked into East Africa ... last 10 years the world supply of opium and heroin has doubled from 4,000 to ...

  • Leeds man accused of war memorial 'outrage' 9 Dec 2009 10:03 GMT
    ... A MAN accused of urinating on a Leeds war ... 19-year-old was caught on camera targeting a poppy wreath shortly before Remembrance Sunday. Laing, who ... Monday, a British soldier was killed in Afghanistan, the 100th to die there this year, ...

  • Escalating fight 9 Dec 2009 08:28 GMT
    ... has been a militant stronghold and a poppy-growing region that helps fund the insurgency. The ... province supplies 90 percent of the world's opium, which is used in the production of ... intend to provide enough security for the Afghan government and nongovernmental organizations to begin clearing ...

  • Gates in Afghanistan for talks on US troop surge 9 Dec 2009 06:15 GMT
    ... Gates in Afghanistan for talks on US troop surge Britain ... of Helmand, a Taliban heartland and primary opium-growing area. Most of the first wave of ...

  • Obama's big mistake 9 Dec 2009 05:38 GMT
    ... The odds of turning around Afghanistan are long indeed The decision that President ... with a difficult terrain, hard climate, an opium-dependent economy and people who generally unite around ...

  • Indecisive action 9 Dec 2009 04:31 GMT
    ... The following are comments from the readers. In no ... still do it whether we are in Afghanistan or Iraq. A so called date of ... instance. Spending the money to destroy their poppy fields would be money better spent. I ...

  • Obama's Afghanistan plan fraught with risks 9 Dec 2009 01:15 GMT
    ... The history of wars shows it is an established ... nothing new in US President Barack Obama's Afghan plan to deploy 30,000 additional soldiers by ... dependence, especially in the outlying regions, on poppy cultivation. Jobs have to be created. Only ...

  • 100th hero shot guarding mates 9 Dec 2009 01:12 GMT
    ... BRITAIN'S 100th soldier killed in Afghanistan this year was guarding his pals when ... cops, they destroyed a record £80million of opium and heroin at Baram Chah. ...

  • Too hasty an exit 9 Dec 2009 00:14 GMT
    ... The most intriguing part of US president Barack Obama's ... US president Barack Obama's battle plan for Afghanistan is the announcement of beginning a troop ... the Helmand province, the centre of the poppy cultivation, a strong Taliban base and just ...

  • Congressman King supports Afghan plan, questions time table 8 Dec 2009 22:41 GMT
    ... Iowa Congressman Steve King, a Republican from Kiron, says ... saw some good signs in visit to Afghanistan this past weekend. King says it was ... needs to be done to cut the poppy production that is used to make heroin. ...

  • Karzai expects U-S to fund Afghan troops through 2024 8 Dec 2009 22:13 GMT
    ... Under this hat lies an opium factory Committed to Afghanistan you say? Better sit down. expects the U-S to fund Afghan troops through 2024 ...

  • America cannot be the hegemon of Western Asia 8 Dec 2009 22:11 GMT
    ... Pakistan. It doesn't have to operate from Afghanistan. It can operate from Somalia. It can ... the huge—they're not just passing the raw opium product anymore. Dostum is now running a ...

  • Eikenberry Stresses Civilian Component in Afghanistan 8 Dec 2009 21:15 GMT
    ... By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. ... the increase of 30,000 American troops in Afghanistan has garnered most of the headlines, a ... in a number of areas,ā€¯ he said. Poppy cultivation and heroin manufacturing are debilitating to ...


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