Inside Taliban's "Islamic Emirate" by David Rhode, US Journalist
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...
The Real Unknown History of War.
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...
Post 9/11: What is NATO doing in Afghanistan?
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... Opium is king in Afghanistan
Lasseter Pt.2: Drug trade inseparable from both the Afghan insurgency and the NATO-backed government
CIA: Secret Operations, Drug Money
" 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...
Interview: Afghan Women's Rights and Rebuilding in the Face of Politics and W...
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
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The Mysterious Underground of Pendleton Oregon
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... 2842 views | 56 recommendations | 9 comments
Afghanistan flooding EU with 7.700 tons of Heroin, 90% of world opium product...
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...Nato to target Afghan drugs trade
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...
Former U.S. narcotics official says Afghan president hurting drug war
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...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Taleban's '$100m opium takings'
" 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...Food prices alone won't stop Afghan opium growers: experts
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 TV suggests USA involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan
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.Vietnam annually detects 9,000 drug addicts
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...Khun Sa, Drug King Pin, Dies at 73
Khun Sa, Drug King Pin, Dies at 73 BANGKOK, Oct. 30 — Khun Sa, the publicity-loving Golden Triangle drug lord who thrived in the region’s kill-or-be-killed cauldron of ethnic rivalries and heroin-financed...
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