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/ 19 May 2007

Dozens of Taliban fighters killed in ambush

Nearly 70 Taliban militants were killed in an ambush by United States-led forces and Afghan soldiers in eastern Afghanistan, a military commander said on Saturday. The rebels were killed late on Friday in Paktia province near the border with Pakistan, Afghan army General Sami-Ul Haq Badar said. ”We set an ambush, attacked them and killed 67 Taliban.”

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/ 9 January 2005

Afghan elders threaten opium growers

Tribal elders in southeastern Afghanistan have threatened to torch the houses of people found growing opium and make them pay a hefty fine in a bid to stamp out the burgeoning poppy cultivation. By far the most drastic suggestion yet offered for tackling the country’s rampant drug trade, the punishment has failed to win the approval of Afghan President Hamid Karzai despite his anti-narcotics stance.