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Record Opium Crop Possible in Afghanistan, U.N. Study Predicts
Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:02:25 EDT | New York Times
Afghanistan?s opium harvest could be bigger than last year?s record crop, with nearly half of the provinces showing an increase in planting this year.
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: Blast Wounds Tribal Elder
Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:08:08 EDT | New York Times
A senior tribal elder, Mullah Naquibullah, a close ally of President Hamid Karzai, and five others were wounded in a remote-controlled mine explosion in southern Kandahar Province, police officials said. The attack came after two suicide bombers struck NATO military convoys on the edge of the city of Kandahar on Thursday, wounding five civilians but causing no military casualties. In northern Afghanistan on the same day, a German engineer was killed by gunmen.
Bombing Kills 9 Police Officers in Northern Afghanistan
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:17:14 EDT | New York Times
A suicide bomber struck a group of police officers in the normally peaceful north of Afghanistan, killing nine and wounding 25.
Terrorist Attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan Rose Sharply Last Year, State Department Says
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:27:24 EDT | New York Times
Terrorist attacks against noncombatants in Iraq and Afghanistan accounted for a 29 percent increase in terrorism worldwide.
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan and Pakistan Plan Talks on Insurgency
Sat, 05 May 2007 00:08:33 EDT | New York Times
Pakistan and Afghanistan, intent on ending a blame game over the Taliban insurgency, have drafted plans for a gathering of tribal elders, intellectuals, writers and politicians in August. The Pakistani interior minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, left, on a visit to Kabul to meet the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, said Pakistan had nominated about 350 prominent figures to attend the jirga, or tribal council. The Afghans will draft a similar list.
Suicide Attacks and Gunfight in Afghanistan Kill 10 Police Officers
Sun, 06 May 2007 03:15:10 EDT | New York Times
Attacks in four provinces of Afghanistan killed two police officers and wounded a NATO soldier and two other Afghan policemen.
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: Canadian Premier Pays Surprise Visit
Tue, 22 May 2007 23:30:17 EDT | New York Times
Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the foreign minister of Germany, whose governments are under pressure at home to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, made separate visits to that country and met with the president, Hamid Karzai. Mr. Karzai urged the international community to stay engaged. Mr. Steinmeier also visited the province of Kunduz, where a suicide bomber killed three German soldiers over the weekend. Mr. Steinmeier expressed concern about insecurity in Afghanistan and told reporters that the Group of 8 was calling the foreign ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan to their talks in Germany next week.
