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	AFGHANISTAN: World's largest source of heroin
		As they gained control over areas of the countryside inside Afghanistan, the Mujaheddin required that farmers grow opium to provide the counter-revolution with a source of financing.
		However, the export of heroin from Afghanistan to the West continued.
		Prior to the April 1978 revolution in Kabul, which brought to power the left-wing Peoples Democratic Party (PDPA), Afghanistan's opium production had no international significance, supplying only a small local trade.
	www.lossless-audio.com /usa/973508474.htm (574 words)

	Post-Taliban mosques sit empty / Afghans rethink Islam after heavy-handed enforcement ends
		Afghanistan became Muslim 1,400 years ago and stayed faithful to the religion despite the temporary spread of Buddhism in the 900s, the invasion of the pagan troops of Genghis Khan in the 13th century and the atheistic propaganda that marked the Soviet occupation in the 1980s.
		The tasks at hand include reconstructing the destroyed agricultural sector, building schools in a country where more than 70 percent of the population is illiterate, feeding the one-quarter of the nation's 26 million people who are on the verge of starvation, and training doctors.
		Kabul, Afghanistan -- Hamir Jan, who has been a mullah in Kabul for 32 years, remembers when hundreds of people came to his mosque every day.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/03/11/MN237426.DTL (1097 words)

	Government - Afghanistan - Asia
		The People’s Democratic Party controlled the government, but 50 of the 234 seats in the House of Representatives were reserved for opposition parties.
		Until the 1960s Afghanistan’s king and the king’s relatives dominated the central government, though the royal family had to keep the support of conservative ethnic and religious leaders.
		The constitution also created a bicameral (two-house) National Assembly (Meli Shura), which consisted of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
	www.countriesquest.com /asia/afghanistan/government.htm (518 words)

	U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many protesters felt that the attack on Afghanistan was unjustified aggression and would lead to the deaths of many innocent people by preventing humanitarian aid workers from bringing food into the country.
		Even with popular support, and it is not certain that the coalition has obtained it, and advanced surveillance technology, locating small bands of 5-10 men in the vast stretches of rugged terrain that exist in southeastern Afghanistan and along the Pakistani border, and who are determined to avoid contact, is an almost impossible task.
		Before October 7, there were reports that U.S. and British special-forces soldiers were covertly landed in Afghanistan at some time after September 11, presumably for reconnaissance purposes, and that several of these troops were captured by the Taliban.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan (518 words)

	Archives Hold Rich History of Afghan-American Ties
		he deposed king of Afghanistan who took a leadership role in the UN-sponsored talks to determine the future government of Afghanistan was once celebrated by President Kennedy and the American people as a champion of Afghanistan independence, according to state documents and photographs found in the archives of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.
		At a White House State dinner that evening, King Zahir observed that the social and political aspirations of the Afghan people were akin to those which had inspired hosts of immigrants to the United States.
		The deposed king has recently played a central role in the establishment of a post-Taliban government in Afghanistan.
	www.cs.umb.edu /~rwhealan/jfk/newsletter_winter2002_04.html (518 words)

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	CNN.com - World News: Election Watch
		Assembly: Under the new constitution, Afghanistan will have a bicameral National Assembly which consists of the House of People (Wolesi Jirga) with at maximum 250 seats, and the House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga) which will have a representative from each provincial and district councils as well as presidential nominees.
		This was the first elections held in Afghanistan since the creation of the interim government.
		This was the first time Afghanistan will hold presidential elections since the establishment of the transitional government.
	edition.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/meast/afghanistan.html (386 words)

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	CNN.com - World News: Election Watch
		Assembly: Under the new constitution, Afghanistan will have a bicameral National Assembly which consists of the House of People (Wolesi Jirga) with at maximum 250 seats, and the House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga) which will have a representative from each provincial and district councils as well as presidential nominees.
		This was the first time Afghanistan will hold presidential elections since the establishment of the transitional government.
		This was the first elections held in Afghanistan since the creation of the interim government.
	edition.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/meast/afghanistan.html (387 words)

	CNN.com - World News: Election Watch
		Assembly: Under the new constitution, Afghanistan will have a bicameral National Assembly consisting of the House of People (Wolesi Jirga) with maximum 249 members and the House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga) with 102 seats.
		This is the first time Afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections since the establishment of the transitional government.
		The presidential appointees will include two representatives of Kuchis and two representatives of the disabled; half of the presidential appointees will be women.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/meast/afghanistan2.html (277 words)

	Afghan Afghani and Afghanistan currency information including currency exchange rates
		Afghanistan's legislative body is a parliament consisting of two houses: the Wolesi Jirga, the House of the People, and the Meshrano Jirga, House of Elders.
		Prior to the United States invasion of Afghanistan, political parties, foreign powers and forgers each made their own afghanis; the key attribute of this currency, at the time, was that there was essentially no standardization as afghanis were made without honoring serial numbers.
		In the Meshrano Jirga, one third of the members are elected by provincial councils for four years, on third are elected by district councils of each province for three years, and one third are appointed by the president for five years?of which a half of the elected positions must be women.
	www.gocurrency.com /countries/afghanistan.htm (750 words)

	Press Corner: Free Muslims Coalition
		The Taleban said yesterday that at least 100 people had enlisted to become suicide bombers in Afghanistan since the appearance of the blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as the European Union called for the media to adopt a voluntary code of conduct to avoid a repeat of the furor.
		The stories have said that al-Zarqawi was removed as "the result of several mistakes he made," including for taking "the liberty of speaking in the name of the Iraqi people" and for "targeting the Islamic states neighboring Iraq, particularly Jordan".
		A senior operational commander for Al Qaeda was killed on Thursday in what was thought to be a missile attack on a house in Pakistan's northern tribal strongholds, officials in Pakistan and the United States said on Saturday.
	www.freemuslims.org /news (12467 words)

	Elections in Afghanistan
		The decision was made after the United Nations concluded poor security was impeding voter registration, which is less than 15% of the target of 10.5 million people.
		Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 6 and on civil rights with a 6, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
		Under the 2001 Bonn Agreement, Afghanistan is scheduled to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in june 2004 in order to replace the current transitional government led by Karzai.
	www.electionworld.org /afghanistan.htm (12467 words)

	Matt Welch
		It’s reasonable to conclude that the House of Saud figures it’s OK to slander the heroic mayor and city of New York, lie to its people about “the collapse of American democratic theory,” and complain about our sinful “dance clubs, prostitution, homosexuality, and stripping” that the Saudi princes enjoy so much.
		The Freedom House, which has been compiling worldwide freedom indices for three decades, judged that in 2000-01, Saudi Arabia has the least free press of every country on the planet, except for Iraq, North Korea, Burma, Afghanistan and Cuba (in descending order of nastiness).
		Freedom House also ranks countries by how “free” they are in terms of general political rights and civil liberties.
	mattwelch.com /old/2001_10_21_archive.html (6661 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / White House criticizes Al-Jazeera news as inaccurate
		The G-8 members will meet over lunch tomorrow with the leaders of Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen, and a representative of the new Iraqi interim government to discuss Bush's proposal for a broader Middle East initiative.
		''That the Middle East is a region that is in need of change is a view that is shared by everyone who is coming to the summit, and certainly by the members of the G-8," she said.
		A Bush administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the final document rejects the argument that Arab democratic reforms cannot occur until the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is solved.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/06/08/white_house_criticizes_al_jazeera_news_as_inaccurate (519 words)

	USATODAY.com - Factional fighting threatens Afghan peace
		GARDEZ, Afghanistan (AP) — Heavy explosions, mortar and machine gun fire rocked an eastern Afghan town, killing at least 43 people and wounding dozens more, in heavy factional fighting Thursday that highlighted the fragility of Afghanistan's newfound peace.
		Fariba, a 35-year-old Gardez woman, and her six children fled their house moments before a mortar round struck.
		The fighting pitted troops loyal to Bacha Khan, a local warlord aligned with Afghanistan's interim administration and working with U.S. special forces, against troops for the town's government council or shura.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/01/31/afghan-fighting.htm (871 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Foreign Minister appeals for increased aid
		Abdullah Abdullah, the foreign minister of Afghanistan, is in Washington to urge the United States and other Western nations to live up to their commitments and deliver economic assistance to his country.
		Abdullah expressed concern about accessing many remote and mountainous regions in the country to run fair elections, as well as the difficulties of educating the people about various candidates.
		After the briefing, the minister met with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and White House national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to ask for continued U.S. support.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/baecf601e5dbe7b5c1256d64005764ac (829 words)

	CNN.com - Bush offers condolences to Afghan people - July 2, 2002
		WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush offered his condolences Tuesday to the Afghan people for the innocent civilians killed in Monday's incident during a military operation in central Afghanistan.
		In the meantime, we are consulting with Afghan authorities on the humanitarian needs of the people in the area.
		"On behalf of the American people, the president extends his deep condolences for the loss of innocent life no matter what the cause is determined to be.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/07/02/bush.afghan.deaths (283 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Rumsfeld Thanks Kyrgyzstan for Support
		BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 27, 2002 -- The people of Afghanistan are in far better circumstances today because Kyrgyzstan opened Manas International Airport to U.S. and coalition forces, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here this morning.
		With a dramatic painting of Kyrgyzstan's mountains as a backdrop, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Kyrgyzstani President Askar Akayev hold a press conference in the White House in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 27, 2002.
		Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Kyrgyzstani President Askar Akayev say farewell at the close of a press conference in the White House in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 27, 2002.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Apr2002/n04272002_200204271.html (283 words)

	NucNews - July 7, 2001
		As I walked through the remains of this house of horrors, I saw meat hooks hanging from the walls and ceilings and the remains of electric torture equipment....
		The network, which also had an office in nearby Mexico state, employed at least 35 people, the attorney general's office said in a statement.
		The planned clearance of Nasir Bagh to build housing for civil servants is part of a broader clampdown on Afghan refugees, but one that has created friction with the United Nations.
	nucnews.net /nucnews/2001nn/0107nn/010707nn.htm (283 words)

	The War in Afghanistan
		Two weeks ago, a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives approved an amendment to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Authorization Bill.
		The United States went in there primarily to make sure that Afghanistan is not and would not become a base for the operations of al Qaeda or any other international terrorist group and I've not seen a good estimate as to how many people were there to begin with, how many have been killed.
		It's sort of extraordinarily spurious accuracy given that all the censuses that have taken place in Afghanistan, and there haven't been many, and the last one was in the 1970s, were really driven by a variety of Pashtun political concerns.
	www.brookings.edu /comm/transcripts/20020603.htm (10207 words)

	Wolfowitz Says U.S. Dedicated to Liberation of Afghanistan
		In December, the discovery of a videotape in a safe house in Afghanistan led to the arrest of an Al Qaeda cell in Singapore that was planning to attack a U.S. aircraft carrier and U.S. personnel in that country.
		A Karzai senior advisor captured how extraordinary was this first step, saying that, for the first time in 23 years, the people of Afghanistan are acquiring a voice.
		Afghanistan's lack of infrastructure is another hindrance, not only to maintaining security, but also to distributing humanitarian aid.
	www.usembassy-israel.org.il /publish/peace/archives/2002/june/062714.html (10207 words)

	Assisting Afghanistan After the Elections
		To stabilize Afghanistan and preclude a return to power by the Taliban and its terrorist allies, the U.S.-led coalition must help the nascent Afghan government to provide its long-suffering people with greater security, economic development, and enforcement of the rule of law.
		The surviving leaders of the ousted Taliban regime opposed the elections and killed six of the almost 6,000 candidates running for seats in the lower house of parliament and 34 provincial councils.
		Afghanistan's September 18 parliamentary elections were an important milestone for building stability and democracy in a country that is critical to the war against al-Qaeda and Islamic radicalism.
	www.heritage.org /Research/MiddleEast/Iraq/em985.cfm (992 words)

	e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
		The family of the 45-year-old victim, Abdul Habib, along with three other people were in the house at the time of the murder in Zabul's Qalat district late Tuesday, they said on Wednesday.
		Zabul education minister Mohammad Nabi Khushal said Habib, who was principal of a school for boys, had no personal enmity and blamed the killing on "the enemies of Afghanistan," a term usually used for Taliban insurgents.
		Police had detained for questioning the three men who were in the house when Habib was beheaded, provincial government spokesman Gulab Shah Alikhil said.
	www.e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/CEDE3E329B0C7602872570EC00569A4A?OpenDocument (326 words)

	This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow
		Q: When the Soviets justified their intervention by asserting that they intended to fight against a secret involvement of the United States in Afghanistan, people didn't believe them.
		I don't know that my pal Ken Layne had this sort of situation in mind when he coined the phrase, but bubba, it's 2002 and we can fact check your ass.
		Not to ensure that we were of drinking age--I have a few too many wrinkles and grey hairs for that to be in doubt--but to cite us for our violation of this Simon Says law--you know, "Simon Says you can hold that bottle inside the doorway." Or whatever else.
	www.thismodernworld.com /weblog/archive/2002_09_15_bloggera.html (2996 words)

	May 2002 - Open Encyclopedia
		Recent celebrity deaths : In the Netherlands, controversial right wing politician Pim Fortuyn is shot dead when leaving a radio studio, nine days before the general election for the lower house of parliament.
		The United States Department of State issues a travel warning advising all Americans except for essential diplomatic personnel (about 60,000 people) to leave India because "conditions along India's border with Pakistan and in the state of Jammu and Kashmir have deteriorated."
		A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002.
	open-encyclopedia.com /May_2002 (2996 words)

	2001 - 9/11 Timeline
		The CIA notified local officials that he would be arriving from Pakistan on his way back to Europe, and they wanted to know where he had been in Afghanistan and how long he had been there.
		However, upon returning, a security officer meets her flight and confiscates her material.�The DIA and the FBI investigate her.�She says no higher-ups want to hear what she had learned in Afghanistan.�Ultimately, Sirrs' security clearance is pulled and she resigned.�She eventually quits the DIA in frustration.�[ ABC News, 2/18/02 ]
		April 2001 (B): A source with terrorist connections speculates to US intelligence that "bin Laden would be interested in commercial pilots as potential terrorists." The source warns that the US should not focus only on embassy bombings, because terrorists are seeking “spectacular and traumatic” attacks, along the lines of the WTC bombing in 1993.
	www.fromthewilderness.com /timeline/timelinebefore911.html (2996 words)

	"Oh Lucy! - You Gotta Lotta 'Splain' To Do"
		July 2001 - The G8 summit at Genoa, Italy is surrounded by anti-aircraft guns, and local airspace is closed off after Italian and Egyptian officials (including President Hosni Mubarak) warn American intelligence that airliners stuffed with explosives might be used to attack President Bush.
		July 4-14, 2001 - Osama bin Laden receives treatment for kidney disease at the American hospital in Dubai and meets with a CIA official, who returns to CIA headquarters on July 15.
		July 15, 2001 - Members of the G8, meeting in Genoa, Italy, discuss the Taliban, pipelines, and the handing over of Osama bin Laden.
	www.fromthewilderness.com /free/ww3/02_11_02_lucy.html (2996 words)

	About Punjab
		The legislative wing of the State is the House of People or the Vidhan Sabha.
		To the Buddhists Punjab was Uttar Path — the way to the North, to the valleys of Afghanistan, and further on to Central Asia and China.
		The State of Punjab is located in North-West of India at 35° Latitude and 74° Longitude, blessed with plain and fertile soil receiving an average annual rainfall of 503 mm.
	www.markfedpunjab.com /ASPPages/General/AboutPunjab.asp (2987 words)

	CNN Programs - People in the News
		In March, the battle intensifies in the mountainous terrain of eastern Afghanistan, where reports say bin Laden is located and, according to some, directing troops.
		The young bin Laden goes to Afghanistan to help Afghan resistance fighters, known as the mujahedeen, repel the Soviet invasion of the country.
		The U.S. House of Representatives votes unanimously March 18 to double the reward for bin Laden 's capture to $50 million.
	www.cnn.com /CNN/Programs/people/shows/binladen/timeline.html (1132 words)

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