40-Fold Drug Surge In Afghanistan: Report
11 May 2009
'40-Fold Drug Surge In Afghanistan: Report', Tehran Times, 11 May 2009
EXCERPT: "Iranian police officials say drug production in Afghanistan has had a 40-fold increase since the U.S. led invasion of the country in 2001. Afghanistan's opium poppy crop is set to break all records this year, as grim reports by Iranian sources showed that drug production has reached a new height in the land-locked country. Instability in...
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Karzai To Hold Talks With Warlord
11 May 2009
'Karzai In Move To Share Power With Warlord Wanted By US', Times Online, 11 May 2009
EXCERPT: "One of Afghanistan's most wanted terrorists is to be offered a power-sharing deal by the government of President Hamid Karzai as the country's warlords extend their grip on power. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is on America's 'most wanted' terrorist list, is to hold talks with the Kabul government within the next few...
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Afghan Rebels Use Phosphorous Weapons: US
11 May 2009
'', AFP, 11 May 2009
EXCERPT: "The US military said Monday it knew of 44 cases in Afghanistan in which insurgents had used white phosphorous to carry out attacks, or were found to have stockpiled the chemical weapon. This came as the US military rejected suggestions it had used the substance in air strikes on insurgents last week that the Afghan government says killed 140 civilians,...
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Pentagon Replaces Top Afghanistan Commander
11 May 2009
'', The Washington Post, 11 May 2009
EXCERPT: "Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday replaced the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, U.S. Army General David McKiernan, less than a year after he took over the war effort there. Gates said he asked for McKiernan's resignation and recommended Army Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal, a former commander of special operations...
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