Drug Smugglers Blamed in Afghan Attack
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The Afghan government on Thursday blamed drug smugglers &#151; not Taliban or al-Qaida fighters &#151; for a bomb attack on interim leader Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running mate, saying the country's landmark elections this weekend are a threat to their business.
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NATO-led security forces have launched a major offensive against the Taliban and drug traffickers in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance's regional commander said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Drug runners were behind a bomb attack on  one of President Hamid Karzai's running mates just days before  Afghanistan holds an historic election, Interior Minister Ali  Ahmad Jalali said Thursday.
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A convoy carrying Afghan President Hamid Karzaiâs vice presidential running-mate came under attack today in north-eastern Afghanistan, the presidential palace said.
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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan  - Dost Mohammad was just eight years old when he began taking drugs while living across the border in Iran.
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Â· Attacks follow ambush on US-Afghan convoy  Â· Taliban accused of using families as shields.
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Taleban guerrillas say they carried out an attack in central Afghanistan that left four policemen dead.
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At least nine people have been killed in a series of attacks across Afghanistan, police say.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A convoy carrying Vice President Nematullah Shahrani was attacked by remote-control explosives yesterday in northern Afghanistan, just four days after a rocket was fired at President Hamid Karzai's helicopter as it was landing at a school in southern Afghanistan.
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SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle into an Afghan border police convoy on Tuesday, killing five guards, the commander for Spin Boldak town, on the border with Pakistan, said.
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According to a Danish aid group, eight Afghan villagers were killed and an Afghan aid worker injured on Aug. 30, as US-led coalition planes bombed Weradesh in the Pech district of Konar province.
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Forensic analysis of the bodies of 31 militants who died in the Beslan school attack last month has determined that all of them were dependent on drugs, a senior regional prosecutor said.
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Islamic militants killed four anti-drugs  unit members and seized more than 170 submachine guns and  pistols on Tuesday in an attack on the unit's offices in  Russia's volatile Caucasus region.
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Militants ambushed a bus carrying construction workers in volatile southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 19 of the laborers, the Interior Ministry said. The attack occurred shortly after noon in Kandahar province when a roadside bomb exploded near the bus, said Zemeri Bashary, the Interior Ministry spokesman.
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The Taliban attacked a remote customs office on Afghanistan&#39;s border with Iran overnight, killing two policemen but losing eight of their own fighters, police said Sunday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 2 -- Opium cultivation in Afghanistan rose a "staggering"  59 percent this year, the U.N. anti-drug chief announced Saturday in urging the government to crack down on big traffickers and remove corrupt officials and police.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- These have been fat years for Afghanistan's drug lords. Since the Taliban collapsed in November 2001, traffickers, some militia commanders, and provincial officials have reaped rich rewards from the opium and heroin industry, according to government and Western officials.