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Afghanistan's Billion Dollar Drug War Zhari District

Afghanistan's Billion Dollar Drug War

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Thursday, May 14, 2015

Afghanistan's poppy fields are thriving, with cultivation of the crop hitting record highs last year. Poppy produces opium, the main ingr…

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Polio campaign in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Women's rights

Polio campaign in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan.

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, April 07, 2015

An Afghan health worker gives a vaccination to a child during a polio campaign in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Confiscated drugs are seen burning in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan United Kingdom

Confiscated drugs are seen burning in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Saturday, November 15, 2014

Confiscated alcohol and drugs are seen burning in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.

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Armistice Day – The anniversary of the end of The First World War World War I

Armistice Day – The anniversary of the end of The First World War

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Brigadier Rob Thomson lays a wreath during a ceremony to mark Armistice Day attended by some of the British troops that still remain in Afghanistan…

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Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil

Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil  (born 1971) was the last  Foreign Minister  in the  Taliban government  of the  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan . [1]…

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The Pakistan earthquake Quetta

The Pakistan earthquake

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Monday, April 08, 2013

The  2008 Pakistan earthquake  was a magnitude  M w  6.4  earthquake  that hit the Pakistani province of  Balochistan  on October 29, 2008…

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