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Voltaire Network
January 9, 2010
U.S.-installed and -supported President Hamid Karzai dispatched an investigative team headed by former governor of Helmand province Assadullah Wafa to the scene of the massacre, dubbed by at least one news source as an Afghan My Lai. A statement was later issued on the official website of theÃâà...
Salem-News.Com
June 28, 2007
In December 2006 President Karzai appointed his advisor minister and previous Governor of Paktia and Kunar Provinces, Assadullah Wafa, as Governor of Helmand. Governor Wafa comes from Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, and belongs to the Achekzai tribe who are very powerful inÃâà...
New York Times
November 6, 2004
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 25 — Afghanistan produced record levels of opium in 2007 for the second straight year, led by a staggering 45 percent increase in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand Province, according to a new United Nations survey to be released Monday. The report is likely to touchÃâà...
