Karzai Tells Blair He Fully Committed to Drugs Fight
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai told British Prime Minister Tony Blair Tuesday he remained fully committed to ridding Afghanistan of the menace of illicit drugs.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged to give British troops in Afghanistan whatever equipment they need in their "very, very tough" fight against the Taliban.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called a two-day meeting of tribal elders and provincial officials to discuss strategies to combat the country&#39;s burgeoning drug trade.
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LONDON -- The leaders of Britain and Pakistan pledged their commitment yesterday to defeating insurgents in Afghanistan, brushing aside a leaked British military document that said Islamabad's security forces are indirectly supporting terrorist groups.
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AFGHANISTAN&#39;S first democratically elected president was sworn in yesterday - vowing to crack down on drug traffickers and the last of the Taliban.
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Hamid Karzai will seek to rebuild Afghanistan after his inauguration as the devastated country's first freely elected president by tackling the twin scourge of drugs and warlords, his spokesman said.
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Pakistan and Afghanistan have reaffirmed they are partners in fighting terrorism, Afghan President Hamid Karzai declared at the end of a two-day visit.
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KABUL, Afghanistan _ Afghanistan&#39;s newly inaugurated President Hamid Karzai is pushing the fight to control the nation&#39;s booming drug trade to the top of his to-do list.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the  rampant drugs trade poses a bigger threat than the Soviet invasion.
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Hamid Karzai pledged Thursday to use his five-year term as Afghanistan&#39;s first elected president to crack down on warlords and the country&#39;s booming drug economy.
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Afghanistan&#39;s first directly-elected president, Hamid Karzai, has identified two issues - warlordism and Afghanistan&#39;s booming drugs trade - as targets for change.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai pledged yesterday to use his five-year term as Afghanistan's first elected president to crack down on warlords and the reemerging country's booming drug economy.
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Afghanistan&#39;s first directly elected president, Hamid Karzai, has warned that the country must face down radical extremists and defeat the drug trade.
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KABUL  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai swore in a new cabinet which sidelines powerful warlords and brings in reformers to battle drugs and rebuild the shattered country.
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A day after naming his new cabinet, Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai said he had asked his main rival to form a national political party ahead of parliamentary elections due in April.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected president yesterday, promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and an end to the economyâs dependence on narcotics.
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The Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has said the country&#39;s rampant drugs trade is a national disgrace. He said that if it was not brought under control, it could present a more serious threat than the Russian invasion of Afghanistan 25 years ago.