Afghan call for anti-drug funds
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Afghanistan says it needs more money to persuade farmers to stop growing opium poppies.
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The US Drug Enforcement Administration has joined a team in Afghanistan attempting to control heroin production, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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Aid to Afghanistan should not be linked  to progress on combating drug production, the Afghan government  said on Wednesday, rejecting remarks by the United Nations  anti-narcotics chief.
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The US-led drive to eradicate opium poppy fields in Afghanistan is a waste of money that plays into the hands of Taliban insurgents, a former US ambassador to the United Nations claimed Wednesday.
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The man leading the fight against drug cheats in sport said on Monday he wanted a further $1.5 million in funding to help stamp out substance abuse.
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Major aid agencies warn the US that short term eradication of Afghanistan's drugs could do more damage than good.
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ONLY two days after his inauguration, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is already trying to get the message out: his country has to stem its booming drugs trade if it is to move forward.
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The war on drugs is interfering with the US effort to destroy Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. US officials increasingly want to eradicate drugs as well as nurture Afghanistan&#39;s
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government on Thursday blamed drug smugglers - not Taliban or al-Qaida fighters - for a bomb attack on interim leader Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running mate, saying the country's landmark el ections are a threat to their business.    The attack Wednesday in the mountainous northeastern poppy-growing region of Badakhshan killed one person and wounded at least five others - including the former governor...
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Freshly installed Afghan Pres-ident Hamid Karzai was gearing up yesterday to address tribal leaders on the need to eliminate this war-ravaged country&#39;s booming drug trade, an aide said.
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Washington announces a major new initiative to try to tackle the production of illegal drugs in Afghanistan.
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JOHANNESBURG, June 22 -- Global health officials on Friday called for a quadrupling of spending to combat highly lethal, drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis spreading through Eastern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to address tribal leaders Thursday on the need to eliminate this war-ravaged country&#39;s booming drug trade, an aide said.
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BRUSSELS -- Heroin production is booming in Afghanistan, undermining democracy and putting money in the coffers of terrorists, according to a UN report yesterday that called on US and NATO-led forces to get more involved in fighting traffickers.
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Afghanistan's defense minister asked on Thursday for more money and equipment to fight soaring Taliban violence as America's Pentagon chief criticized NATO allies for failing to deliver promised aid.
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Gordon Brown asks the international community to share the burden of the campaign in Afghanistan.
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KABUL In his inaugural address last week, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan laid out his priorities for the next five years. Chief among them was stopping the country&#39;s growing drug trade.