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Afghan opium poppy cultivation hits all-time high
21 Oct 2014: Farmers grew 209,000 hectares of opium poppy despite US spending $7.6bn on counter-narcotics efforts since 2001
• Afghan opium production explodes despite billions spent - US report
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22 Oct 2014: Around 14 million people live along highway one, a 2,000-kilometre ring road that snakes around the Hindu Kush, connecting the country’s largest cities – Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul, Ghazni and Kandahar, that is fraught with danger. As Nato withdraws after a 13-year military presence, optimism and foreboding is palpable among residents. ‘The Other Islamic Republic’ is part of our expanding coverage of the region, here in partnership with Afghanistan Today
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21 Oct 2014: Farmers grew 209,000 hectares of opium poppy despite US spending $7.6bn on counter-narcotics efforts since 2001
• Afghan opium production explodes despite billions spent - US report -
21 Oct 2014: Andrew Quilty tells the story behind his striking but heartbreaking image of a baby girl being treated in an Afghanistan hospital
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18 Oct 2014: Robert Kilgour blames a history of violence on his time in the army – and he’s not alone. As British soldiers withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq, Simon Hattenstone and Eric Allison meet the veterans still living in the line of fire
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17 Oct 2014: More than 3,000 minors may have fallen victim to forced labour and sexual exploitation after vanishing from homes and shelters. Luca Muzi reports
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16 Oct 2014: Afghan intelligence service claims detention of Anis Haqqani and Hafiz Rashid is a major blow to al-Qaida-linked militants
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16 Oct 2014: Andrew Brown: The tents left over from our invasion of Afghanistan could easily be brought in to save Iraqi refugees’ lives – but it requires David Cameron to act now
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15 Oct 2014: Class dismissed at Kandahar Institute of Modern Studies, a rare place of learning for girls, as military withdrawal affects civilian projects
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15 Oct 2014:
Kathy Gannon speaks about her injuries and the death of her friend
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