"Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite", a government official has said."This is simply fantastic, and I very much hope it's true. If you ever wondered how crop circles come about (and don't believe that...
The recent reports says that Taliban's Financial situation is getting better while that of Al Queda goes down. Opium cultivation, illicit drug trade, kidnapping and extortion earns them close to $400 million, according to New York Time - which the US so far not able to...
By: Rev Jermano
If people would carefully look at humanity and see that mankind was not made to fight, was not made to hate, was not made to intentionally harm people you can understand that...
opinion by djermano | 9 wks ago | updated 9 wks ago 358 views | 53 recommendations | 16 comments
The world is remembering the eight anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, which killed nearly 3,000 people, but tens of thousands of others now mourn the deaths of those who unvoluntarily paid...
created by Arbol | 14 wks ago 242 views | 17 recommendations | 2 comments
" By Farzana Shah Monday, 23 February 2009. In Afghanistan, U.S./NATO have put the blame on Taliban for poppy cultivation to finance their resistance to allied forces. Ironically, it was only in Taliban era when the world had seen a sharp decline in opium crop in...
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Afghani Women's Rights and Rebuilding in the Face of Politics and Western Presence, Part 1/3 view original video/audio interview here Pt 1 of 3 Homemakers Magazine editor in chief Kathy Ullyott speaks with...
created by globalpunditorg | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 274 views | 19 recommendations | 4 comments
Canabis down, Opium up With the smoking ban, Canabis consumation is decreasing, cheap Heroin from Afghanistan is flooding Britain. The soldiers are among the most exposed, followed by the everyday people in...
created by SOLARLIFE | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 310 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Concerned with growth in drug trade in Afghanistan, NATO forces have been empowered to target opium factories. The UN said in August that poppy production in Afghanistan was down this year after a record-breaking...
created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 77 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Like an epic novel, the intriguing "city beneath a city" of Pendleton, Oregon, is rich with characters and settings as diverse as underground opium dens and ice cream parlors. The entertaining and knowledgeable...
Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor Certainly one can never be sure who is telling the truth, perhaps both are in what can be a serious issue when farmers face starvation and or death for planting other...
" Taleban insurgents took an estimated $100m (£50m) from Afghanistan's opium trade in 2007, the head of the UN's anti-narcotics agency told the BBC. Antonio Maria Costa, head of the United Nations Office on...
created by renovatio | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 146 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Soaring food prices have brought smile on the faces of opimum growers in Afghanistan and some of them may stop growing opium and plant wheats & Paddies. " Global food price rises may push some Afghan farmers to plant wheat instead of opium but officials say any real...
Russian state-controlled Channel One TV has broadcast a report containing allegations that US forces are involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe. It also highlighted the problem of drug abuse in the British army.
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Hanoi (ANTARA News) - Vietnam annually spotted, on average, 9,000 drug addicts nationwide in the 1996-2006 period, local newspaper People`s Army reported Thursday.Now, Vietnam has some 170,000 drug addicts, 68.3 percent of whom are aged under 30, the newspaper quoted...
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