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The UNODC says at least one million Afghan families are affected by addiction to opium-related drugs, and the number is growing.

Afghan women work on sewing machines as they produce boots for Afghan National Police officials in a factory in Kabul on March 1.

A brief entry lower down mentions that the soldiers killed 11 supposed insurgents and wounded one local Afghan civilian.

An additional $100 million has been set aside in a fund to build up and sustain the Afghan army.

A Hungarian legionnaire from the French Foreign Legion inspects an Afghan man near Tagab in Kapisa Province on Jan.

An Afghan shepherd directs his sheep through an opening in a mud wall on Jan.

An estimated 1, 000 demonstrators gathered in the Afghan capital, Kabul, to show their anger as well as their grievances.

A grant that gave $120 over 12 months to each Afghan above age 15 would cost $1. 5 billion a year.

An Afghan man buys plastic jugs in a market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Jan.

The organization they started, Beyond the 11th, has now assisted more than 1, 000 Afghan widows in starting tiny businesses.

Afghan men stand next to an auto rickshaw near farmers' fields on Jan.

The Afghan frontier, a 1, 550-mile stretch of rock and desert, contains other possible boltholes.

An Afghan man rides his bicycle at dusk in Kabul, on Jan.

Afghan men pray in Nawzad district, on Jan.

Left: Agroup of Afghan men and children in Nawzad district, on Jan.

June 1, 2010: Afghan footballers gather in front of the destroyed Darul Aman palace in Kabul.

The numbers: 1. 5 million Afghan refugees live in Pakistan with an additional 800, 000 in Iran.