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NATO commander calls for blitz on Afghan drugs traffic

BRUSSELS (AFP) - NATO’s top commander in Europe called Monday for a decisive assault by international forces on drug trafficking in Afghanistan, a major source of funds for the Taliban. “The current counter-narcotics effort is not effective. NATO must step up to this task,” US General John Craddock, NATO’s supreme allied commander in Europe, told a seminar in Brussels on the situation in Afghanistan. “I’m not talking about crop eradication but about destroying

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Israel and US won't attack, says Iran's FM

By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK - Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki does not believe Israel or the US would launch a military strike against the Islamic Republic over it’s nuclear programme, but said any offensive action by Tel Aviv would be seen as…
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North Korea gives ultimatum on N-deal

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has given the US an ultimatum to accept its proposed solution to the latest nuclear row between the two sides, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper said Monday. “The North Korean side appears to have suggested ways to…
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No plans to allow US think-tank on Iran soil: Tehran

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Monday that it did not plan to allow a US research and policy think-tank to open in the Islamic republic after Washington gave its blessing for such a move. Washington said on October 2 that it had given rare…
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