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Graphic Shows Complexity Of US Counterinsurgency In Afghanistan

Checkpoint Kabul | McClatchy | Dion Nissenbaum | Posted 12.22.2009 | World

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For a good example of how difficult it will be for the US military to regain the momentum in Afghanistan, check out this graphic on the military count...

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Afghanistan Elections Could Hinge On Provincial Poppy Production

The Washington Post | Pamela Constable | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

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FAIZABAD, Afghanistan -- The economic fortunes of Badakhshan province, a remote and wildly beautiful corner of far northeastern Afghanistan, have rise...

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The Freeing of Afghan Poppies

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 08.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Poppies, Taliban, Afghanistan, Drug Enforcement Administration Afghanistan, US Marines Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, US Marines, Home News
Stewart Nusbaumer

For years we have been hearing about a crop eradication program that does not exist. How many more years will it be before we hear about a crop substitution program that could exist?

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