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 US operation sparks Afghan unrest
| The east Afghan region of Nangahar has seen violent protests after US forces raided a house, killing three people, arresting nine and seizing arms. | The US-led coalition said they had come under at... (photo: AP / ) BBC News
Afghanistan Civilians Defence Photos Protest Slideshow |
 Afghanistan hit by plague of locusts
| Kabul - Afghan authorities are examining the extent of an unprecedented locust infestation that has prompted local officials in some areas to offer wheat as a reward to residents for killing the ins... (photo: GFDL / Postdlf) Independent online
Afghanistan Agriculture Government Insects Photos |
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 Rising prices heap pressure on Afghanistan's destitute
| KABUL - Shamsuddin, his wife and their three children sit cross-legged on the floor around the cloth that Afghans traditionally eat off and use bread to pick from a sin... (photo: Public Domain) Khaleej Times
Afghanistan Food Photos Poverty Prices |
 Food crisis continues to get worse
| KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Export restrictions and higher taxes in neighbouring countries are worsening an already dire food crisis in Afghanistan. | Rick Corsin... (photo: AP Photo / Rafiq Maqbool) Canada Dot Com
Afghanistan Drought Food Photos Poverty War |
 Iran woos Farsi-speaking nations
| By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | There are many interrelated reasons why the United States policy of isolating Iran has failed, one being the prominent regional role played by Te... (photo: WN.Jamal Penjweny) Asia Times
Iran People Photos Politics USA |
 An oil-addicted ex-superpower
| By Michael T Klare | Nineteen years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall effectively eliminated the Soviet Union as the world's other superpower. Yes, the USSR as a politic... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko) Asia Times
Defence Oil Photos US USSR |
 'Time to talk to Taliban'
| A KEY adviser and cousin of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has warned that fighting in the strife-torn country could drag on for 10 years or more unless the insurge... (photo: AP Photo ) The Australian
Afghanistan Photos Politics Taliban Terrorism |
 'al-Qaeda on the run'—Pakistan
By Dante 'Klink' Ang 2nd Executive Editor | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Even as military leaders here claim they have broken the terrorists' network and have the al-Qaeda on the... (photo: AP Photo / David Guttenfelder) The Manila Times
Afghanistan Military Pakistan Photos Terrorism |
 Wrong response aggravates Asia food crisis-ADB report
| Asia's response to tightening global grain supplies has worsened food | price inflation and uncertainty, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on... (photo: AP / Saurabh Das) The Manila Times
Asia Food Inflation Photos Society |
