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Taliban revival north korea { April 9 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/4/8/195550.shtml http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/4/8/195550.shtml N. Korea, Taliban Up to Mischief Asia Monitor Wednesday, April 9, 2003 According to Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, North Korea exported some 10 Scud missiles to Pakistan last month possibly in return for Islamabad's nuclear technology, reports Agence France-Presse. The Japanese paper, quoting an unnamed U.S. security official, reported that the Scud B missiles, with the range of 185 miles, were loaded on a Pakistan-flagged cargo ship in North Korea's southwestern port of Nampo in mid-March. According to the U.S. official and other anonymous sources, the vessel was refueled at a Chinese port and entered Pakistani territory in mid-March. Meanwhile, with the U.S. preoccupied in Iraq, there is little to stop the Taliban from reorganizing and reviving in Afghanistan, reports the Associated Press. Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of President Hamid Karzai and representative of southern Kandahar, stated "It's like I am seeing the same movie twice, and no one is trying to fix the problem." The soldiers and police who were supposed to be the bedrock of a stable postwar Afghanistan have gone unpaid for months and are drifting away. Reconstruction is also painfully slow. "What was promised to Afghans with the collapse of the Taliban was a new life of hope and change. But what was delivered? Nothing." stated Mr. Karzai. From safe havens in neighboring Pakistan, and aided by militant groups there, the Taliban began its revival to coincide with the war in Iraq and capitalize on Muslim anger about the U.S. invasion. Their attacks and threats have targeted foreigners and Afghans working for international organizations. The International Red Cross suspended operations indefinitely after the recent Taliban killing of a Red Cross engineer. On the drug front, the Washington Times reports Afghanistan has re-emerged as the world's leading producer of opium, with cultivation spreading throughout the country. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime believes that more than $1 billion worth of opium poppies are under cultivation. The U.N. office reports that "domestic warlords and international crime syndicates" continue to dominate much of the country. Despite the Karzai administration's pronouncements banning opium-poppy production and assurances that poppy fields are being destroyed, few fields have actually been eradicated and about 225,000 acres are believed to be under cultivation this year.

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