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Taliban destroys poppy fields leaving Afghan farmers with no income

4th May, 2023 · admin

 Farmers in southern Afghanistan say they are dismayed at the destruction of their poppy farms by the Taliban government since it assumed control of Afghanistan in 2021. Once a lucrative crop, farmers made a fortune under the former government backed by the West, but the Taliban enforced a strict ban in 2023 to avoid

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: heroin, Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs, Taliban government failure |
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Why the only winner of America’s war in Afghanistan is opium

28th August, 2021 · admin

New York Post: Between 2002 and 2019, American taxpayers spent at least $9 billion to eliminate or transform the poppy fields that produced almost all of the world’s heroin — but instead ended up tripling that production, quadrupling the acreage covered by the deadly flowers, and intensifying the insurgency that plagued the country.  As a

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News | Tags: heroin, opium, Poppy cultivation |
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Afghanistan Starts New Drive To Weed Out Poppies In Counternarcotics Campaign

8th June, 2021 · admin
Posted in Drugs, Economic News | Tags: heroin, opium, Poppy cultivation |
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Afghan Addicts Struggle To Get Clean In Kandahar

1st December, 2020 · admin

Jamila is 35 years old, a mother of six, and says her drug-dealing husband got her addicted to heroin. In the southern Afghan city of Kandahar where she lives, there are an estimated 300,000 drug addicts and only one treatment center that offers no places for women.

Posted in Afghan Women, Drugs, Health News | Tags: Drug Addiction, heroin, Kandahar |
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US General: $50 Million Worth of Taliban Narcotics Destroyed in Afghanistan

2nd December, 2017 · admin · 6 Comments

VOA News December 2, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said Saturday recently launched joint strikes against Taliban sources of revenue have destroyed more than $50 million worth of narcotics in southern Helmand province. Afghanistan produces about 85 percent of the world’s opium. Income generated from drugs is providing 60 percent of the

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Posted in Drugs, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Helmand, heroin, Nangarhar, opium, Poppy cultivation |
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From poppy to heroin: Taliban move into Afghanistan drug production

8th August, 2017 · admin

AFP: In 2016 Afghanistan, which produces 80 percent of the world’s opium, made around 4,800 tonnes of the drug bringing in revenues of three billion dollars, according to the United Nations. The Taliban — which banned poppy cultivation when it ruled Afghanistan — now appears to wield significant control over the war-torn country’s heroin production line,

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News | Tags: heroin, opium, Poppy cultivation |
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Fighting drug, a shared responsibility of Int’l community: Afghan counter-narcotics minister

26th September, 2016 · admin · 3 Comments

KABUL, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — A senior Afghan official called for joint efforts of the international community to fight against drugs on Monday. “Combating drug problems and getting rid of the menace to the society which is essential for ensuring public health, human rights and sustainable development requires collective efforts,” Salamat Azimi, the Afghan Minister

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Posted in Drugs | Tags: Drug Addiction, heroin, Salamat Azimi |

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