With U.S. Aid, Warlord Builds Afghan Empire
By DEXTER FILKINS
The most powerful man in this arid stretch of southern Afghanistan is not the provincial governor - It is Matiullah Khan, the head of a private army that earns millions of dollars guarding NATO supply convoys and fights Taliban insurgents alongside American Special Forces.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25640.htm
We Don't Feel Free
An Afghan Women Writes To The President
By Shogofa
We don't feel comfortable in our own country. It is like we are strangers in our own home.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25639.htm
Russia Says Afghan Drug Trade Threatens World Peace
In Russia, Ivanov has said that opium consumption is having a destabilizing effect and that 30,000 addicts die each year from narcotics like heroin.
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Russia-Says-Afghan-Drug-Trade-Threatens-World-Peace-95719289.html
From Information Clearing House
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US enriches 'semiofficial warlord' probably playing double game
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9706/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivanov
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drug+trade
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warlord
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=special+forces
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dexter+Filkins
The most powerful man in this arid stretch of southern Afghanistan is not the provincial governor - It is Matiullah Khan, the head of a private army that earns millions of dollars guarding NATO supply convoys and fights Taliban insurgents alongside American Special Forces.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25640.htm
We Don't Feel Free
An Afghan Women Writes To The President
By Shogofa
We don't feel comfortable in our own country. It is like we are strangers in our own home.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25639.htm
Russia Says Afghan Drug Trade Threatens World Peace
In Russia, Ivanov has said that opium consumption is having a destabilizing effect and that 30,000 addicts die each year from narcotics like heroin.
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Russia-Says-Afghan-Drug-Trade-Threatens-World-Peace-95719289.html
From Information Clearing House
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US enriches 'semiofficial warlord' probably playing double game
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9706/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivanov
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drug+trade
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warlord
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=special+forces
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Dexter+Filkins
rudkla - 7. Jun, 05:47
