en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/afghanistan/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/afghan_opium_production_soars/ Opium production in Afghanistan is soaring out of control, the annual UN report on illegal drugs says. The World Drug Report says more than 90% of illegal opium, which is used to make heroin, comes from Afghanistan. It says cultivation of opium popp news world 2007-06-26 08:18:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghan_opium_production_soars/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/6239734.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghan_opium_production_soars/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/germany_issues_cia_arrest_orders/ Germany has ordered the arrest of 13 suspected CIA agents over the alleged kidnapping of one of its citizens. news world 2007-01-31 12:36:40 http://www.newsique.com/world/germany_issues_cia_arrest_orders/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6316369.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [17] mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/germany_issues_cia_arrest_orders/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/106_billion_us_aid_for_afghanist/ US President George W Bush will ask Congress for $8.6 billion to improve Afghanistan's army and police forces and $2 billion for infrastructure projects and anti-narcotics efforts, US Secretary of State Condolezza Rice revealed. news world 2007-01-26 09:55:27 http://www.newsique.com/world/106_billion_us_aid_for_afghanist/ Malta Star http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=9429 http://www.newsique.com/sources/maltastar/ 95 Important [8] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/106_billion_us_aid_for_afghanist/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/pakistan_to_use_mines_to_stop_mi/ Pakistan said Tuesday it will plant land mines and build a fence on parts of its long, rugged frontier with Afghanistan to meet criticism it does too little to stop Taliban and al-Qaida guerrillas from crossing the border. news world 2006-12-27 00:14:23 http://www.newsique.com/world/pakistan_to_use_mines_to_stop_mi/ Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PAKISTAN_AFGHAN_BORDER?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME http://www.newsique.com/sources/ap/ 95 Important [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/pakistan_to_use_mines_to_stop_mi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/mi5_chief_says_iraq_war_is_drivi/ British Muslims have been driven towards extremism and terrorist acts because of the UK's part in the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the head of MI5. news world 2006-11-11 18:13:09 http://www.newsique.com/world/mi5_chief_says_iraq_war_is_drivi/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1963273.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Under Rated [10] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/mi5_chief_says_iraq_war_is_drivi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/canadian_hands_over_control_of_n/ A Canadian commander transferred control of NATO troops in southern Afghanistan to a Dutch general on Wednesday as part of a rotational change of command. news world 2006-11-01 11:32:48 http://www.newsique.com/world/canadian_hands_over_control_of_n/ CBC http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/11/01/nato-command.html?ref=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbc/ 98 Under Rated [8] mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/canadian_hands_over_control_of_n/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/prince_william_makes_secret_afgh/ Britain's Prince William, who has faced criticism for misusing military helicopters, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan this week serving as part of an air crew that made the 30-hour trip from England. A royal spokesman said William, who caused an uproa news world 2008-04-30 08:19:13 http://www.newsique.com/world/prince_william_makes_secret_afgh/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/30/william.afghanistan/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/prince_william_makes_secret_afgh/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/rice_in_afghanistan_to_press_for/ All 26 NATO nations have soldiers in Afghanistan and all agree the mission is their top priority. But the refusal of European allies to send more combat troops is forcing an already stretched U.S. military focused on the Iraq war to fill the gap, and stra news world 2008-02-07 08:18:29 http://www.newsique.com/world/rice_in_afghanistan_to_press_for/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23027475/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/rice_in_afghanistan_to_press_for/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/death_sentence_for_afghan_report/ A student journalist sentenced to death in northern Afghanistan for allegedly blaspheming Islam may actually be paying the price for investigative pieces that his brother wrote, an international media group said Wednesday. Those articles exposed human rig news world 2008-01-23 08:13:33 http://www.newsique.com/world/death_sentence_for_afghan_report/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/23/afghanistan.journalist/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/death_sentence_for_afghan_report/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/army_inquest_backlog_grows/ Money urgently needed to reduce the vast backlog of inquests into soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan has not been provided by the government, raising fresh fears that existing delays will grow longer. Despite pledges to cut the time military famil opinion world 2007-09-11 11:09:28 http://www.newsique.com/world/army_inquest_backlog_grows/ Guardian Unlimited http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2165449,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/army_inquest_backlog_grows/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/former_king_of_afghanistan_dies/ The former King of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, has died at the age of 92 following a long illness. Zahir Shah was deposed in 1973 and went into exile, but returned to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taleban in 2002. Many Afghans had a deep love and r news world 2007-07-23 04:26:24 http://www.newsique.com/world/former_king_of_afghanistan_dies/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/6911260.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/former_king_of_afghanistan_dies/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/mohammad_zahir_shah_last_king_of/ Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan who returned from three decades of exile to bless his war-battered country's fragile course toward democracy, has died, President Hamid Karzai said Monday. He was 92. Weak if well-meaning during his 40- news world 2007-07-23 04:26:23 http://www.newsique.com/world/mohammad_zahir_shah_last_king_of/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/136400497/2007-07-23-zahirshah_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [2] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/mohammad_zahir_shah_last_king_of/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/call_to_protect_afghan_civilians/ The International Committee of the Red Cross says the situation in Afghanistan is growing worse with insecurity spreading and the conflict escalating. In a statement it said civilians were suffering unbearably, and that over the past year there had bee news world 2007-06-12 00:13:50 http://www.newsique.com/world/call_to_protect_afghan_civilians/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/6743335.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/call_to_protect_afghan_civilians/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/australia_increasing_troops_in_a/ Australia is sending special forces commandos back to Afghanistan to hunt down the leaders of the resurgent Taliban as part of a doubling of Australia's troop numbers there, Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday. The deployment of 300 special-forc news world 2007-04-10 00:45:19 http://www.newsique.com/world/australia_increasing_troops_in_a/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/australia.afghanistan.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/australia_increasing_troops_in_a/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/diggers_needed_in_terror_centra/ AFGHANISTAN should the focus for Australia's troop deployment Labor has said, calling the country "terror central". Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Robert McClelland said Labor supported sending more troops to Afghanistan and withdrawing the force opinion world 2007-03-17 21:49:23 http://www.newsique.com/world/diggers_needed_in_terror_centra/ News.com.au http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,21402212-1702,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/newscomau/ 90 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/diggers_needed_in_terror_centra/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/womens_day_in_a_dream_for_some_a/ Qamar laughed bitterly at the idea of International Women's Day, as if it were a cruel joke. As a woman encouraged by relatives to marry her stalker who was 20 years her senior, had three other wives and now beats her regularly Qamar found it preposter opinion world 2007-03-08 08:22:38 http://www.newsique.com/world/womens_day_in_a_dream_for_some_a/ ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2933634&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 http://www.newsique.com/sources/abc_news/ 91 Insightful [5] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/womens_day_in_a_dream_for_some_a/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_afghan_poppy_cultivation_may_/ A "cancer of insurgency" in southern Afghanistan could drive the 2007 opium poppy harvest to record levels, the U.N. drug agency chief said Monday. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime predicted that last year's harvest record would be broken by an incre news world 2007-03-05 18:07:00 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_afghan_poppy_cultivation_may_/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/afghan_drugs http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [3] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_afghan_poppy_cultivation_may_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/fight_to_save_afghan_girl/ Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has turned part of his visit to Afghanistan into a mission to save a goat herder's daughter. news world 2007-01-19 16:44:06 http://www.newsique.com/world/fight_to_save_afghan_girl/ www.aftenposten.no http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1608905.ece Under Rated [1] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/fight_to_save_afghan_girl/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/afghanistan_opium_crop_sets_reco/ Opium production in Afghanistan, which provides more than 90 percent of the world's heroin, broke all records in 2006, reaching a historic high despite ongoing U.S.-sponsored eradication efforts, the Bush administration reported yesterday. news world 2006-12-04 11:26:14 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghanistan_opium_crop_sets_reco/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15999301/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghanistan_opium_crop_sets_reco/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/afghanistan_after_the_taliban__f/ PESSIMISM is something of an Afghan tradition. Yet the gloom that blankets Kabul ahead of the first snows of winter is as acute as it has been since the Taliban were ejected from the city on November 12th 2001. “Already the Americans are removing their news world 2006-11-14 01:44:57 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghanistan_after_the_taliban__f/ Economist http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8159467 http://www.newsique.com/sources/economist/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghanistan_after_the_taliban__f/#comments