Drugs Finance Taliban War Machine, Says UN
27 November 2008
'', United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 27 November 2008
EXCERPT: "The Afghan Opium Survey 2008 released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows that opium has become less important to the Afghan economy due to a decrease in cultivation, production and prices. However, opium finances the Taliban war economy and is a major source of revenue...
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French Aid Worker Pleads For Release On Kidnap Video
27 November 2008
'French Aid Worker Pleads For Release On Afghanistan Kidnap Video', The Telegraph UK, 27 November 2008
EXCERPT: "Dany Egreteau, the French aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan earlier this month has appeared in a video pleading for the payment of a ransom. In the film, Mr Egreteau is shown streaked with grime and held in chains, while unseen captors point the muzzles of two assault rifles at his head as he describes his captivity...
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Anger With Government After Suicide Attack
27 November 2008
'Anger With Government After Suicide Attack', The National (UAE), 28 November 2008
EXCERPT: "A suicide attack near the US Embassy in Kabul killed four people on Thursday, adding to a growing sense of anger and despair inside the capital. The car bomber detonated himself about 8.30am local time, just as US civilians were entering the massive fortified compound 100 metres away for Thanksgiving celebrations. Soon afterwards Afghans...
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Winter Of Hunger Looms In Afghanistan
27 November 2008
'', The Associated Press, 27 November 2008
EXCERPT: "The farmer squats barefoot on packed earth in front of his two-room mud house. He has looked at his bags of wheat, he says, and counted the days. Ghulam Sakhi, 50, says his family will run out of food in mid-January ? only a third of the way through Afghanistan's frigid winter. As the days shorten and the nights grow colder, this...
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