UN: Afghan Opium Production Has Dropped A new United Nations report finds that opium-poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is now 20 percent lower than it was in 2017. The report noted a lack of rainfall and falling prices of dry opium across the country.

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AS IT IS 2015-10-27 Quake Kills More Than 150 in Afghanistan, Pakistan 阿富汗强烈地震已致超过150人遇难 A major earthquake struck South Asia Monday. Early reports say the earthquake killed more than 150 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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JEFFREY BROWN: It happened again todaytwice, in fact. Afghan forces turned their guns on international troops. In Farah province, a new police recruit shot and killed two Americans just minutes after receiving his gun to begin training. And in Kandah

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VOA Learning English presents America's Presidents. Today we are talking about George Washington. He was the first president of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1797. But he had many other accomplishments, too. He owned thousands of hectares

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Afghanistan Peace Talks Stuck on Issue of US Bases A former Afghan Taliban official is reporting little progress in negotiations between the Taliban and the United States. The two sides are attempting to reach a political settlement to end the war in

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AS IT IS 2014-09-27 Afghan Presidential Candidates Agree to Share Power 阿富汗总统候选人同意分享权力 This week Afghanistan ended months of dispute over the country's presidential election. The United States helped negotiate a power-shar

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Taliban Gunmen Attack Afghan Parliament 塔利班武装分子袭击阿富汗议会 Heavily armed Taliban militants attacked Afghanistans parliament building Monday as lawmakers met inside. The attack began with a powerful explosion at the main entran

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AS IT IS 2016-08-20 Report Criticizes Military Use of Schools in Afghanistan 报告抨击阿富汗政府将学校变成战场 A new report says that state security forces in Afghanistan are using schools in Taliban-held areas for combat missions. The

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US Troops to Remain in Afghanistan, Deploy to Cameroon 美军留在阿富汗并新部署到喀麦隆 President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he will slow the planned withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan. The announcement came

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Could France elect Barack Obama president? Not really -- but that's not stopping the organizers of Obama17, a guerrilla campaign trying to entice the former U.S. president to head to Paris. 法国会选举贝拉克奥巴马当总统吗?不见得--这

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The Chinese government is pledging some 2 billion yuan worth of assistance in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. The commitment has been made during a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani here in Beijing. T

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JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight, we end where we began, with Afghanistan, but this time through a very different lens, one of language and culture. For many Americans, Afghanistan is a country shrouded in mystery, particularly its women, literally

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71 大卫·麦卡罗笔下的约翰·亚当斯总统 DATE=7-20-2001 TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #827 - New Interest in John Adams BYLINE=Paul Thompson HOST: (Start at 0'51

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厄瓜多尔总统内阁重新洗牌 QUITO, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa on Monday reshuffled his cabinet after his party suffered major setbacks in local elections. Paola Carvajal replaced Maria de los Angeles Duarte as min

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Afghanistan's top intelligence officer is rejecting a U.S. estimate that only 30 percent of the country is under the control of the central government in Kabul. Amrullah Saleh suggested U.S. officials misunderstand Afghanistan's traditional governing

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Several U.S. Senators and a high-ranking U.S. military official say America's allies in NATO should send more troops to fight the war in Afghanistan. 几位美国参议员和一位美国高级将领说,美国的北约盟国应当派遣更多部队前

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TEHRAN, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday congratulated Nicolas Maduro on his victory in Venezuela's presidential election, Press TV reported. Maduro's election has great significance in establishing a new world ord

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委内瑞拉总统誓言提高粮食供应 CARACAS, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Friday that he was preparing the country for a new round of socialist Bolivarian Revolution to improve food supply. Maduro asked Foo

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Congress and the president 国会与总统 Face-off 对峙 Anyone hoping for an outbreak of good government is likely to be disappointed 想要一个良好政府的人们恐要大失所望 SPEAKING at the White House after a stinging mid-term defeat,

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Report: Afghan Forces Number Shrinking as Risks Rise The United States is pushing for peace in Afghanistan. But a new report says Afghan government security forces are shrinking. It also warns that security risks across the country are growing, and t

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