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Afghanistan still world's top opium supplier, despite 10 years of US-led war

Despite increased eradication efforts in Afghanistan, opium cultivation rose by 7 percent in 2011 as compared to last year, according to a new United Nations report. Production is up 61 percent.
Terrorism & Security
Suicide attack on UN begs the question: How safe is Herat, Afghanistan?

Four militants attacked the United Nations compound in Herat, Afghanistan Saturday in the most serious incident on a UN facility since the Oct. 2009 attack on a Kabul guesthouse that killed several employees.
Afghans protest Quran burning

A number of protests broke out in Afghanistan Friday and turned violent in response to Quran-burning plans by a Florida pastor, even after the pastor said he cancelled those plans.
Terrorism & Security
UN envoy holds first talks with Taliban-linked warlord Hekmatyar in Afghanistan

Thursday's meeting between the top UN envoy to Afghanistan and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is seen as a breakthrough. But who the Taliban-linked warlord speaks for is unclear.
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Pilgrims in Iraq: Latest victims of female suicide bombers

At least 40 people were killed at a stop along a major Shiite pilgrimage route to Karbala.
Hospital's recovery signals rising well-being in Iraq

While conditions are improving at the Central Teaching Hospital for Children in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq, the country still faces vast humanitarian needs.
US referees Iraq's troubled Kurdish-Arab fault line

At a flash point for violence, an Army general plays diplomat.