Under the direction of Zabul Provincial Gov. Ashraf Naseri, over 90 Afghan National Security Force, or ANSF, members conducted the first poppy eradication event this year in Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 4. 2011.

About four jerebs, or two acres, were destroyed in Zafarkhil village, Qalat District, in less than an hour.

The Afghan forces used four all terrain vehicles and large sticks to cut down three poppy fields in the village.

A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained several suspected insurgents and destroyed a weapons cache while searching for a Taliban leader during a security operation in Talah wa Barfak district, Baghlan province, Saturday.

The Taliban leader facilitates the delivery of weapons to insurgent fighters. He trained groups of fighters for attacks against the Afghan National Police, provincial reconstruction teams, and coalition forces in order to regain lost territory for the Taliban.

The Marine Corps believes it has found the right dog for the counter-IED fight, but it’s not the traditional military working dog.

It’s a Labrador Retriever, and it resembles Lassie more closely than Rin Tin Tin.

Unlike the German Shepherd, which was carefully bred to herd sheep and fend off predators, the Labrador Retriever was bred to go fetch.

Originally created to help Canadian hunters catch game, today’s typical Labrador is catching Frisbees. The energetic yet even-tempered canine has become arguably the most common household pet in the world.

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Russian authorities say four rebels and one police officer have been killed in two clashes in Russia's north Caucasus region.

Thousands of people marched into the Mexican capital, Mexico City, Sunday to demand an end to the bloodshed that has claimed nearly 40, 000 lives since President Calderon launched a war against organized crime four years ago.

Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, wearing a T-shirt with the photo of his slain son, led the silent trek that began Thursday in the resort city of Cuernavaca in the central state of Morelos. Along the way, hundreds of people of all ages joined the 90 kilometer march chanting slogans to stop the violence between the government and warring drug gangs.

Egypt's military rulers said Sunday they plan to try 190 people detained in connection with sectarian violence that killed 10 people in a Cairo suburb.

The announcement that those arrested would face a military trial came after an emergency Cabinet meeting earlier in the day to discuss the events of the previous day and night.

Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf canceled a tour of neighboring Gulf states and called the meeting in response to Saturday's clashes between Christians and Muslims. In addition to the 10 dead, Egypt's official news agency, MENA, said 186 people were injured.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) failed on Sunday to help Cambodia and Thailand reach a deal to end three months of sporadic border fighting that has claimed nearly 30 lives and temporarily displaced more than 80,000 area residents.

An Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces discovered more than six tons of hashish in southern Afghanistan April 20-May 8, during clearing operations.

The drugs were found during Operation Mountain Jaguar and have an approximate street value of 5 million dollars. The drugs found are a combination of three large drug caches found in Zharay and Panjaw’i Districts of Kandahar province.