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Afghanistan’s poppy farmers plant record opium crop, UN report says
Despite 10 years of western efforts to curb production, a combination of economics and political instability means farmers in the world’s largest heroin-producing country are as enthusiastic as ever for the poppy Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul theguardian.com, Wednesday 13 November… Read More ›
Kerry fails to secure deal on US ‘troop immunity’ in Afghanistan
Published time: October 13, 2013 07:51 US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gives a press conference on October 12, 2013 with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul.(AFP Photo / Massoud Hossaini) Talks between… Read More ›
Pakistan to free Taliban chief who may hold key to Afghan talks
Kabul hopes former Taliban second-in-command Abdul Ghani Baradar could broker peace government peace deal with rebels Jon Boone in Islamabad theguardian.com, Tuesday 10 September 2013 10.53 EDT Foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz said Pakistan had agreed to free Baradar… Read More ›
Militants attack NATO headquarters in Kabul International Airport
Afghan security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in the capital, Kabul. (File photo) Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:12AM GMT Kabul International Airport is home to the NATO Joint Command headquarters. Militants have attacked a US-led military… Read More ›
US Commander in Afghanistan issues threat advisory after Karzai’s anti-American comments
Mar 14, 2013 21:29 Moscow Time Photo: EPA The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has been put on heightened alert in connection with bellicose rhetoric by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, local media reported on Thursday. Earlier this week,… Read More ›
The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders
And how the Pentagon later turned on them by: Guy Lawson HIGH ON WAR: David Packouz (left) and Efraim Diveroli at a gun range near Miami (top). One of the illegal shipments of ammo they supplied to the Afghan… Read More ›
Afghanistan ‘sliding towards collapse’
Afghan forces are far from ready to secure a country riddled with violence and corruption, Red Cross and thinktank warn Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 October 2012 13.39 EDT Afghan security forces at the site of a suicide attack… Read More ›
Taliban pretend to be attractive women on Facebook to spy on soldiers and gather crucial information
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:15:01 EST, 9 September 2012| UPDATED:15:44 EST, 9 September 2012 The Taliban are posing as pretty girls on Facebook in an attempt to befriend soldiers online and gather crucial information, a report has warned. Australian and… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 