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22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

The Pentagon entrusted a 22-year old previously arrested for domestic violence and having a forged driving licence to be the main supplier of ammunition to Afghan forces at the height of the battle against a resurgent Taliban, it was reported today. AEY, essentially a one-man operation based in an ...

Taliban Push Poppy Production to a Record Again

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Mr. Wood said the current American programs for eradication, interdiction and alternative livelihoods should be intensified, but he added that spraying poppy crops with herbicide remained “a possibility.” Afghan and British officials have opposed spraying, saying it would drive farmers into the arms of the Taliban.Read the full story