Aziz Ahmad Tassal
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After a two-year slump in opium prices, farmers and officials say production and revenues in Helmand are rising again.
Town residents grill president over casualties, corruption and reconstruction. By Aziz Ahmad Tassal in Helmand (ARR No. 355, 12-Mar-10)
Majority seem relieved they will not have to take part in second round of voting.
Residents of a southern village tell of a night of violence at the hands of foreign and Afghan soldiers.