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AfghanistanSun.com Friday 3rd September 2010 Issue 8/0246
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"This historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty for many Americans. We have now been through nearly a decade of war. We have endured a long and painful recession. And sometimes in the midst of these storms, the future that we are trying to build for our nation - a future of lasting peace and long-term prosperity - may seem beyond our reach"
Barack Obama
US President Obama was making a national address Tuesday to mark the end of the combat mission in Iraq

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No cash coming in for Afghan Taliban

A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US troops.

Major General Richard Mills, who leads coalition troops in Helmand province, said the NATO-led troops had disrupted the center of a lucrative opium trade and had caused a financial crisis for Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan.

He said Helmand, as the key poppy-growing region for the Taliban, was firmly in the hands of coalition troops who had pushed back the Taliban.

He said of the Taliban: "We have intelligence that indicates to us he has a financial crisis on his hands, he has a cash flow problem. We believe that the local insurgency here within the province has less than one half of what they had last year in operating funds."

With less money to resupply fighters, buy explosives and attract new recruits, he said, coalition and local forces had been able to make steady progress in Marjah and across Helmand province.

Major General Mills He said he believed that in the coming months there would be areas formerly run by the Taliban that would be turned over to Afghan forces, who are expected to gradually take on more responsibility from foreign troops.

The US strategy in the war hinges on building up Afghan army so that they can take over from foreign troops from July 2011.


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Bringing you the latest news from Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Sun tries to leave no stone unturned.

Our news extends from Kabul, the capital, to all parts of the country. We cover the reconstruction, the continuing military operations, the trials and tribulation of the interim government, and the pathway to elections.

We don't dodge the controversies either, the impact of the Afghan warlords that retain power throughout much of the country, the continuing presence of Taliban elements, the aftermath of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, eliminated in the military conflict of late 2001 and early 2002, and the resurgence of the opium growing and drug trade in Afghanistan.

Whether it's hard news or stories of general interest, the Afghanistan Sun has a mission to cover it all. The online newspaper also provides updates of what's happening in the region, particularly in the surrounding Pakistan, Central Asian, and former Russian states, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

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