Pravda: The CIA has a long history of being involved in global drug trade in all parts of the world under the control of the US or where it has considerable influence. While a few cases have been investigated and exposed by journalists, the issue continues to remain in the shadows. The CIA’s history began in the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 25, 2016 Afghan authorities claimed security forces killed a senior Taliban commander they identified as the “shadow governor” of the southern province of Helmand. The Taliban denied the report, which came days after Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansur was killed by a U.S. airstrike in southwestern Pakistan. Omar Zwak, a
KABUL, May 4 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday termed illicit drug as a national problem and called upon Afghans to stand along with the government in fighting the menace. “Like poverty, the problem of drug in society is a national problem and a serious challenge,” Ghani said while inaugurating a drug
VOA News Zia-U-Rahman Hasrat, Noor Zahid May 2, 2016 WASHINGTON AND NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN—The United States and the West have long targeted Afghan opium and heroin production. Now the industry has a new enemy: Islamic State (IS). Afghan opium farmers in areas under IS control told VOA’s Afghan service that IS has started eradicating poppy crops in
April 21, 2016 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ministers from Iran and Afghanistan agreed on Thursday to launch a joint pilot scheme on alternative means of livelihood across a border region as part of UN-sponsored efforts to curb narcotics production. The agreement was reached in a meeting between Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli and Afghan Minister
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 21 (Xinhua) — “Growing poppies and selling opium is the only way to earn a living and support my family,” Assadullah, 65, a farmer, told Xinhua on his poppy plantation in a southern province of the city recently. Working on his poppy field on the outskirts of Kandahar’s provincial capital, about 450
UNITED NATIONS, April 19 (Xinhua) — Afghanistan on Tuesday called for more international support for its efforts in fighting the drug problem as the anti-narcotics war is “beyond the limits of any single government.” Slamat Azimi, the minister of counter narcotics of Afghanistan, made the statement at the ongoing Special Session of the UN General
Reuters: In Zhari, a parched district north-west of Afghanistan’s second city of Kandahar, 13 year-old Naqibullah is working in his father’s poppy field, preparing for the main harvest of the year. Harvesting the poppy and collecting the resin that will be used to make opium, heroin and other drugs that eventually find their way on to
Counter Punch: The revelation that the number of opium-addicted Afghan adults and children has reached new highs is a dramatic consequence of the war in that country. It painfully illustrates how the aggression led by the United States can doom generations of children to a miserable life. A U.S. funded study released in April of 2015,
Xinhua: There are estimated 1.5 million drug addicts in Afghanistan. Drug addiction is often the result of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, trauma from continuing conflicts and migration, according to health officials. Click here to view photos (external link).