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Afghanistan promotes tourist 'paradise'
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PARUN, Afghanistan: "It's paradise. You can go hiking, fishing,
rafting, birdwatching... in winter you can ski," boasts Mohammed
Tamim Nuristani, the new governor of Afghanistan's remote Nuristan
province.
Set in the shadow of the mighty Hindu Kush mountain range and
comprising a network of scenic valleys dotted with wooden huts, the
province certainly looks the part for a rugged wilderness holiday.
After 25 years of war and invasions, there has been much talk
recently that parts...
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Afghanistan promotes tourist 'paradise'
China Daily
; PARUN, Afghanistan: "It's paradise. You can go hiking, fishing, rafting, birdwatching in winter you can ski," boasts Mohammed Tamim Nuristani, the new governor of Afghanistan's remote Nuristan province. Set in the shadow of the mighty Hindu Kush mountain range and comprising a network of scenic
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AFGHAN PROVINCE PROVIDES SAFETY FOR PAKISTANI REFUGEES
Regulatory Intelligence Data
; INDSTRY GROUP 91 Regulatory Intelligence Data 01-02-2008 WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2008 - Security has improved so much in Afghanistan's Khowst province that Pakistani families are taking refuge there, officials said today. A year ago, the province -- on Afghanistan's border with Pakistan -- was one of
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NATO Offensive Targets Taliban In S. Afghanistan; Troops Move Into Insurgent Haven Ahead of Expected Spring Violence
The Washington Post
; ... more. The governor of Helmand, Asadullah Wafa, indicated at a news conference in Kabul on Tuesday that he welcomed the NATO offensive ... Afghanistan on Tuesday, members of the Taliban told the Reuters news agency that they had abducted an Italian newspaper reporter in ...
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Remember Afghanistan? A glass half full, on the Titanic.
World Policy Journal
; ... effectiveness of rule of law, with endemic corruption. Militia commanders and narco-traffickers rule swaths of the country. (8) The good news is that a sound plan now exists to meet these challenges: the Afghanistan Compact, agreed to by the 60 international donors and ...
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Can Afghanistan stay the course? Five years after the overthrow of the Taliban, a fragile democracy is struggling to survive, even with the help of U.S. troops.(INTERNATIONAL)
New York Times Upfront
; Afghans used to call Lashkar Gah Little America. The capital of Afghanistan's Helmand Province was a modern city, built up by the United States during the Cold War, with suburban-style houses and a hydroelectric dam. In 2001, it seemed like fertile ground for the U.S.-led effort to stabilize the
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EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN:BARNETT R. RUBIN
Congressional Testimony
; 00-00-0000 Statement on the Situation in Afghanistan Barnett R. Rubin Director of the Center for Preventive Action and Senior Fellow Council on Foreign Relations 8 October 1998 Mr. Chairman, thank you for this invitation, and thank you for your continuing work to focus attention on Afghanistan. I
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RICHARD LUGAR CHAIRMAN RICHARD LUGAR HOLDS A HEARING ON POST-CONFLICT AFGHANISTAN
Washington Transcript Service
; ... civilian market, outside of the barracks. That too is very good news for us. We have free press. We have over 100 newspapers in Kabul ... read in the Washington Post or the New York Times or, say, the news from Pakistan, that's exactly not the way it is. It's a much ...
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U.S. SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR (R-IN) CHAIRMAN U.S. SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR (R-IN) HOLDS HEARING ON AFGHANISTAN
Washington Transcript Service
; ... I hope you're here to tell us the good news about your overwhelming enthusiasm in supporting ... challenge. I think there will be more of the news that you and Senator Biden have been looking ... TAYLOR: We're not worried. But there is good news and bad news coming out of Afghanistan ...
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Forget Iraq, Afghanistan's turning into a disaster too; In the heat of battle: Marines fighting the Taliban in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: Max Hastings AFTER two years hard fighting in Afghanistan, the British Army issuffering an attack of gloom about the way the war is going. Soldiers' morale is still high. Nobody is demanding to come home. The cost ofacknowledging defeat by the Taliban is too high for the Western alliance
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Afghanistan's new jihad targets poppy production; A US, European, and Afghan initiative has cleared 80 percent of the opium plants from one province.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor
; Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- Last year at this time, the southeastern Afghan province of Nangrahar was covered with pink and white poppies, producing a quarter of the nation's opium crop. This year, after President Hamid Karzai announced
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