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New York Times
December 1, 2008
Helmand, with a vast opium poppy crop and an entrenched
Taliban insurgency, has been one of the most violent provinces in
Afghanistan. ...
New York Times
December 1, 2008
Helmand, with a vast opium poppy crop and an entrenched
Taliban insurgency, has been one of the most violent provinces in
Afghanistan. ...
Honolulu Advertiser
December 1, 2008
Although they had expected to be tested by the
Taliban in an area where much of the poppy crop that funds the
Insurgents is grown, they had not anticipated ...
Frontier Post
December 1, 2008
Kabul (NNI): The Afghan Opium Survey 2008 released by the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime shows that opium has become less important to the Afghan ...
Online Journal
December 1, 2008
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Afghanistan has produced so much opium in recent years," the Times reported Thursday, "that the
Taliban are cutting poppy cultivation and stockpiling raw ...
North County Times
November 29, 2008
The opium poppy is its greatest cash crop. As the
Marine Corps plans to draw down its forces in
Iraq and move thousands more troops 1200 miles to the east ...
National Post
November 29, 2008
Peter Andrews/ReutersExperts worry that the recent drop in poppy cultivation is nothing more than a blip.
Kandahar, Afghanistan -- A sharp decline in opium ...
The Herald
November 29, 2008
Ronald Sandford (Letters, November 27) asks when opium crops in
Afghanistan will be licensed for sale as painkillers to reduce the
global shortage and end ...
Newsweek
November 29, 2008
Apart from opium (last year's crop totaled about 8000 metric tons), Afghans produce almost nothing the world wants. Meanwhile, the chief effect of military ...
Times Online
November 29, 2008
A senior officer has admitted that the
army's efforts to curb
Opium production in Afghanistan have been "pretty patchy". In an interview with The Times, ...
Los Angeles Times
November 28, 2008
Costa estimates that
taxing poppy growth at 10% earns the
Taliban about $75 million a year, and it gains about $300 million through opium production. ...
The Australian
November 28, 2008
The PEP is a US-government funded program to eliminate poppy production in
Afghanistan, where 92per cent of the world's opium crop is grown.
Times Online
November 28, 2008
... of the Afghan Cabinet that had elevated reformers, as well as the improving ties between
Pakistan and
Afghanistan and the drop in opium production, ...
Los Angeles Times
November 28, 2008
Costa estimates that
taxing poppy growth at 10% earns the
Taliban about $75 million a year, and it gains about $300 million through opium production. ...
Khaleej Times
November 27, 2008
The conflict is far more intractable than
Iraq, since the staple crop is not oil but opium and since the border with
Pakistan is hopelessly unstable. ...
Forward
November 27, 2008
It is geographically closer to
Europe, and most of the opium that is cultivated there -
Afghanistan accounts for 90% of
global production - ends up in ...
The Post
November 27, 2008
NATO's 26 member nations agreed last month to target the Afghan opium trade in a bid to stop hundred of millions of dollars in drug money from reaching the ...
International Herald Tribune
November 27, 2008
Costa made his remarks last week as his office prepared to release its latest survey of
Afghanistan's opium crop. Issued Thursday, it showed that poppy ...
International Herald Tribune
November 27, 2008
... another widely produced Afghan crop. In its report, the UN said opium poppy production -- the raw material for heroin that is exported to
Europe, ...
Chicago Tribune
November 26, 2008
Although they had expected to be tested by the
Taliban in an area where much of the poppy crop that funds the
Insurgents is grown, they had not anticipated ...
The Australian
November 26, 2008
The ADF says it is too busy fighting a resurgent
Taliban and completing civil reconstruction projects to take on the task of eradicating poppy production. ...
BBC News
November 25, 2008
Opium production is banned by the government, but it is far more lucrative to growers than conventional crops. Evidence shows that villages that have ...
Daily Times
November 25, 2008
The committee also raised the issue of the increase in poppy cultivation in
Afghanistan and that the
NATO forces had not kept a check on the illegal ...
BBC News
November 25, 2008
Opium production is banned by the government, but it is far more lucrative to growers than conventional crops. Evidence shows that villages that have ...
The FINANCIAL
November 24, 2008
... will provide households with viable cash alternatives to illegal opium poppy production, which has become a major cash crop for many rural households.
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)
November 24, 2008
The surging production of opium has contributed to the scale of
Pakistan's problems in this area, and it is assumed that if the situation in
Afghanistan ...
Lawrence Journal World
November 24, 2008
Afghanistan is known for its poppy fields, which produces opium used to make heroin. Poppies are not grown extensively in
Laghman, but there are some there, ...
The Post
November 23, 2008
The lawmakers raised the issue of poppy cultivation in
Afghanistan and pointed out that
NATO forces have not kept a check on this illegal production, ...
Technocrat.net
November 22, 2008
Joel Hafvenstein, author of Opium Season, a book about working on a poppy alternative crop project in southern
Afghanistan, said: "The benefits of the poppy ...
Associated Press of Pakistan
November 22, 2008
The Committee also raised the issue of tremendous growth of poppy cultivation in
Afghanistan and the
NATO forces have not kept a check on this illegal ...
Salina Journal
November 22, 2008
The teachers said production of opium in
Afghanistan is tied directly to the conflict. Only when people can earn a living by legal means will it be possible ...
Los Angeles Times
November 22, 2008
Though they had expected to be tested by the
Taliban in an area where much of the poppy crop that funds the
Insurgents is grown, they had not anticipated ...
Viet Nam News
November 22, 2008
Perhaps
Afghanistan's greatest scourge is not the insurgency,
corruption or
al-Qaeda - perhaps it's the humble poppy. Afghan farmers, with their limited ...
Political Affairs Magazine
November 22, 2008
... action to curtail opium poppy production be taken seriously. The
Taliban government had virtually wiped out this crop before the 2001 invasion. ...
American Free Press
November 22, 2008
Prior to this war, Opium production in Afghanistan was minimal. But according to historian Alfred McCoy, an expert on the subject, a shift in focus took ...
Voice of America
November 22, 2008
... from its affiliation with
Afghanistan's
Taliban movement, which raises tens of millions of dollars annually from illegal production and export of opium. ...
Scotsman
November 21, 2008
Joel Hafvenstein, author of Opium Season, a book about working on a poppy alternative crop project in southern
Afghanistan, said: "The benefits of the poppy ...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
November 21, 2008
According to the UN,
Afghanistan's opium production increased from 6100 tons in 2006 to 8200 tons in 2007.
Moscow _ A Moscow military court announced on ...
RIA Novosti
November 21, 2008
According to the UN, Afghanistan's opium production increased from 6100 tons in 2006 to 8200 tons in 2007. The narcotics trade has become an acute problem ...
Sacramento News & Review
November 20, 2008
The
Taliban, which cut Afghan opium poppy production by more than 90 percent the first year the ban was put in place. In a sense, that makes
Osama bin Laden ...
