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Spike in Opium Prices Threatens Progress in Afghan Drug War

A recent surge in opium prices could encourage Afghan farmers to expand cultivation of the narcotic crop and reverse advances in the fight against drug production in the war-torn country, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime warned today. The UNODC said a blight that cut poppy production by half in 2010 and...

Report Says 92 Percent of Afghan Men Have Never Heard of 9/11 Attacks

(Nov. 19) -- It's been nearly a decade since the United States invaded Afghanistan in response to 9/11, President Barack Obama has said U.S. troops will remain there for at least another four years, and a new report indicates that a vast majority of men in the key southern provinces of Afghanistan have never heard of the...

Seven US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

(Aug. 30) -- Seven U.S. soldiers were killed by bombs today, one week after America's top military leader declared that the allies had turned the tide against Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan. Five service members were killed by one blast, and two others died in a separate attack, according to the NATO-led...

Does Disputed NATO Attack in Afghanistan Underscore WikiLeaks Report?

(July 27) -- A day after WikiLeaks' release of a trove of secret Afghan war reports renewed debate over the war itself, a disputed NATO rocket attack is adding fuel to the fire. According to the Afghan government, the NATO strike Friday killed 45 civilians (with some reports as high as 52) in the village of Rigi....

8 US Troops Killed in Wave of Afghan Attacks

(July 14) -- Eight U.S. troops have been killed over the past 24 hours in Afghanistan after a barrage of attacks by insurgents, NATO and Afghan officials said today. The carnage began late Tuesday night, The Associated Press reports, when the Taliban unleashed a suicide car bomber, rocket-propelled grenades and...

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06/01/12 Bloodshed and betrayal: The futility of our soldiers'... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK The British officer lay flat on his stomach â down on his belt buckle, in Army parlance â beside the dusty Helmand road and stared intently at the red drum buried in the earth and the ominous white wires protruding from it.
05/30/12 Two Marines die in Helmand fighting Source: MarineCorpsTimes.com Two Marines have died in combat in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Wednesday.
05/17/12 Special Report: Helmand Deaths Prompt Security Rethink Source: Antiwar.com The action follow concerns that rogue elements are slipping through the current safety system to carry out murderous attacks and sow distrust among allies at a key time in the conflict.
05/14/12 UK & World News: Two British servicemen shot dead by... Source: Daily Record - Glasgow - Lanarkshire - UK TWO British servicemen have been shot dead by members of the Afghan police force.
05/12/12 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan Source: FOX - Fox 16 - Little Rock AR NATO and Afghan officials say that two of the coalition service members killed in the country's south were gunned down by men dressed in Afghan police uniforms.