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ISAF Has Given Expired Medicine to the Patients of the Traincot Hospital by System in Politics visit site

PAN (Translated by RAWA): Doctors of the central hospital of Uruzgan say that ISAF forces, without permission, shot photos of the female patients in the hospital and distributed expired medicines and biscuits. In reaction to these actions on November 26, the doctors of the central hospital went on a strike from treating the patients. Amir Ahmad, the head physician, told PAN that ISAF forces came to the hospital without permission went to the female section and took their photos. He added that taking women’s photos are again the Afghani customs and culture.

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Suicide Bomber Hits German Embassy Vehicle in Kabul by System in Politics visit site

A suicide bomber hit a German embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing two local civilians, police said.

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17 'armed militants' die in Afghan, U.S. mission by System in Politics visit site

U.S. and Afghan forces killed 17 people they called "armed militants" in Afghanistan, and detained another 10, they announced in a joint statement Sunday.

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UN: Taliban could clear $500M from 2008 drug trade by System in Politics visit site

The Associated Press: The Taliban and other warlords could clear almost half a billion dollars from Afghanistan's opium trade this year — money that will help finance insurgent attacks, the U.N.'s drug czar said. Antonio Maria Costa, head of the U.N.'s Office on Drugs and Crime, said the Taliban also appears to be stockpiling the drug to manipulate its price, after several years in which production surpassed world demand. Afghanistan produces over 90 percent of the world's opium, the raw ingredient for making heroin.