Navy Times on MSN6 天Opinion
This program equipped the US military to take down drug traffickers
Opinion: This commentary's author discusses how current debates about the military's role in stifling cartels bring to mind ...
Business Insider9 年
Opium is booming in Afghanistan and it could take down the government
Major-General Taj Mohammad Jahid, commander of the Western region for the Afghan National Army, recently visited Farah. "Overall (opium) is a point of concern ... for all Afghans, but the ...
National Geographic news4 年
Opium Wars
After the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Taliban in 2001, regional warlords once again cranked up opium production. No longer in power, the Taliban now saw opium as a way to ...
THE WEEK1 年
The Taliban’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on opium poppy crops in Afghanistan
By contrast, the US spent billions of dollars trying to stop Afghanistan’s opium production and trafficking, “in the hope of cutting the Taliban’s source of funding”. But the group’s ...
DW on MSN3 个月
Opium production in Afghanistan rose despite ban: UN report
A UN report published on Wednesday said opium poppy production in Afghanistan rose by 19% in 2024, despite a ban by the ...
TASS6 个月
Almost all opium poppy crops in Afghanistan destroyed — Russian Ambassador
Satellite images show that almost all opium poppy crops in Afghanistan ... troops left Kabul airport, ending the US Army's nearly 20-year presence in Afghanistan. In early September 2021, the ...
webtv.un.org1 年
Taliban's Poppy Ban in Afghanistan: Can It Work?
In April 2022, Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict new laws. Opium is the essential ingredient for manufacturing the street drug heroin ...