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Illegal narcotics destroyed Kandahar

6480 kilograms of Illegal narcotics are burned in Kandahar. 30 July 2011

by Syed Shah Saqeem in Afghanistan on 30/07/2011

Seven suspects having links to banned terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested and had their weapons confiscated during a raid in Karachi. Pakistan. 12th July 2011

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Members of Tehreek-e Taliban terrorist group arrested in Karachi

Seven suspects having links to banned terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested and had their weapons confiscated during a raid...

by Syed Yasir Kazmi in Pakistan on 12/07/2011

UNODC representatives in Kabul welcome indications that poppy cultivation will fall across the region this year despite high opium prices, predicting 'that continued government policy can stimulate further decline'.

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UNODC representatives react to news that poppy cultivation has fallen

UNODC representatives in Kabul welcome indications that poppy cultivation will fall across the region this year despite high opium prices, predicting...

by Said Hijran Frogh in Afghanistan on 18/04/2011

BREAKING NEWS

30/07/2011 - Illegal narcotics destroyed Kandahar - Afghanistan - 6480 kilograms of Illegal narcotics are...
12/07/2011 - Members of Tehreek-e Taliban terrorist group arrested in Karachi - Pakistan - Seven suspects having links to banned...
18/04/2011 - UNODC representatives react to news that poppy cultivation has fallen - Afghanistan - UNODC representatives in Kabul welcome...
19/01/2011 - Drugs use in Afghanistan - Afghanistan - Afghanistan remains the world's...
13/12/2010 - Drug Addiction in Karachi - Pakistan - Images of heroin drug addicts in...
28/11/2010 - UNODC Press Conference on Afghan Narcotics - Afghanistan - Top United Nations officials today...
28/11/2010 - Drug Addiction in Afghanistan - Afghanistan - In Afghanistan more then one million...
01/07/2010 - Wheat v opium - Afghanistan - Farmers harvest wheat on the outskirts...
25/06/2010 - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - Pakistan - An old man smokes heroin through a pipe...
30/05/2010 - Afghanistan's 'Talibanksy' graffiti - Afghanistan - A new wave of anonymous graffiti...

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Illegal narcotics destroyed Kandahar
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Members of Tehreek-e Taliban terrorist group arrested in Karachi
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UNODC representatives react to news that poppy cultivation has fallen
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