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AFGHANISTAN UNITED KINGDOM Issue dated 25/02/2010

Alcis, targeting opium growers in Kabul

The British forces in Afghanistan are working with a small geospatial consultancy, SMTV Alcis, on the destruction of poppy fields. [...] (212 words)

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Rafale pilots lured by Chinese generosity

London gets ready for Huawei to dominate 5G

SAMI's acquisition of AEC ties up loose ends

Beijing to cut off opium trail

Humanitarian goldmine for private security

Better maps in Afghanistan

Satellites monitor Afghan poppyfields

Anti-Narcotics Campaign Falters

Google Earth Does What NGA Dreams of Doing

Compromise on Satellites

Farming Intelligence

Financial Counter-Insurgency

Intelligence Services Take Up Anti-Drug Fight

The New Afghan Barons

Talibans Grand Design in Central Asia

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