‘This is all coming to an end’: The once booming drug town going bust under Taliban rule
After the war, the Taliban cleared Afghanistan of poppy and other illicit drugs. But with poppy now banned, the farmers who ...
Summerville, Dorchester Co. to partially fund statue for U.S. Army Ranger killed in combat
Summerville town leaders and Dorchester County officials voted Monday evening to partially fund a statue in honor of a U.S.
Tensions Escalate After Pakistan Pounds Afghanistan With Airstrikes
Pakistani leaders were once friends of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now, cross-border violence has become alarmingly frequent.
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Explosion in Afghanistan kills Taliban regime's minister for refugees Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani
The minister for refugees in Afghanistan's Taliban government was killed in an explosion Wednesday at the ministry's headquarters in the capital Kabul, multiple senior officials with Taliban ...
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The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule
The Taliban boom town is rapidly going bust. The same insurgents who embraced opium to help finance their war have put an end to it, ordering a ban that has all but cleared Afghanistan of poppy ...