Bush demands Afghan action on drugs
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President George W. Bush called Hamid Karzai to demand more action against Afghanistan's world-leading drugs trade and reiterate continued US support, the Afghan president's office said.Comment
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Two days after being sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, Hamid Karzai called on his countrymen Thursday to wage holy war against the booming Afghan opium trade, which he described as a worse "cancer" than terrorism or the Soviet invasion of 1979.
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Worried about a vast and still growing heroin industry in Afghanistan, the Bush administration has devised a more aggressive counternarcotics strategy aimed at greater eradication of poppy fields, promotion of alternative crops and prosecution of traffickers.
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KABUL, Afghanistan The Afghan government is blaming drug smugglers for yesterday&#39;s attack on the leading vice presidential candidate .
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CRAWFORD, Tex., May 21 -- President Bush vowed Monday to ask NATO allies to commit more troops and other resources to quell the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, calling the success of the alliance's mission there vital to the future security of both the United States and Europe.
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President George W. Bush, seeking to   stave off a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, will host a   joint meeting September 27 in Washington with Pakistani   President Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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President Bush said Wednesday that pressure is building in Congress to allow lower-priced drugs to be imported from Canada and elsewhere but that it's still unclear whether it would be safe.
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President George Bush has urged Major League Baseball to take &quot;strong steps&quot; to confront the use of steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing substances by players.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two days after being sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, Hamid Karzai called on his countrymen yesterday to wage holy war against the booming Afghan opium trade, which he described as a worse &quot;cancer&quot; than terrorism or the Soviet invasion of 1979.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan and its neighbors must launch a regional campaign against terrorism in order to make the most of their natural resources and develop trade, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday.
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An increase in Afghanistan's opium poppy crop and the illicit drugs trade is endangering rebuilding efforts the US says.
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President Bush said Thursday that NATO allies need to supply more soldiers to Afghanistan and be willing to send them into the most violent battles with Taliban fighters, who are gearing up for a new spring offensive.
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Opium poppy cultivation shot up a whopping 61 percent in Afghanistan this year in a setback for US and NATO efforts to clamp down on the country's illegal drug industry, according to new figures released by the White House.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - In the face of pressure from the American government, the administration of President Hamid Karzai is seeking the formation of an international scientific committee to review the safety of chemical herbicides to combat Afghanistan's opium poppy crop, Afghan and Western officials say.
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Mirwais Yasini, director general of  Afghanistan's counter-narcotics department, tells the story of  how a British general asked him for a list of Afghan commanders  involved in the drug trade.
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British efforts to combat opium production in southern Afghanistan have completely failed, Afghanistan's first vice-president said on Sunday, calling for tougher measures, including aerial spraying.
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Mirwais Yasini, director general of Afghanistan&#39;s counter-narcotics department, tells the story of how a British general asked him for a list of Afghan commanders involved in the drug trade.