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Is Afghanistan a Narco-State?
By THOMAS SCHWEICH
Drug-related corruption pervades the government in Afghanistan, a former U.S. counternarcotics official says.
INTERNATIONAL / AMERICAS | July 27, 2008
Cocaine Sustains War in Rural Colombia
By SIMON ROMERO
Colombia’s four-decade war fueled by the drug trade is proving immune to American-financed efforts to stop it.
Highlights from the Archives
Is Afghanistan a Narco-State?
Drug-related corruption pervades the government in Afghanistan, a former U.S. counternarcotics official says.
July 27, 2008MagazineNewsU.N. Warns of Huge Crop of Afghan Opium Poppies
The United Nations warned that Europe and other regions should brace themselves for the expected influx of heroin.
February 6, 2008WorldNews
Afghans Pressed by U.S. on Plan to Spray Poppies
U.S. officials have found supporters within President Hamid Karzai’s government of their push to spray herbicide on opium poppies.
October 8, 2007WorldNews
Poppy Fields Are Now a Front Line in Afghan War
Until recently, U.S. officials admit, fighting drugs was considered a distraction from fighting terrorists.
May 16, 2007WorldNews
Pentagon Sees Aggressive Antidrug Effort in Afghanistan
The U.S. military will significantly increase its role in halting the production and sale of poppies, opium and heroin in Afghanistan.
March 25, 2005PoliticsNewsARTICLES ABOUT OPIUM IN AFGHANISTAN
As Ills Persist, Afghan Leader Is Losing Luster
Concern is growing that Hamid Karzai, long a darling of the U.S., is not up to addressing his country’s troubles.
June 7, 2008
Afghan Struggle to Change Poppy Fields Into Roads
These sobering dispatches shed a dismal light on American efforts to improve the lot of ordinary Afghans.
November 7, 2007
Cannabis Thrives in an Afghan Province
Balkh Province has been declared free of opium poppies, but many farmers switched to cannabis.
November 4, 2007Could Afghan Poppies Be Painkillers for the Poor?
It is estimated that more than 6.2 million of the world’s poor are dying of cancer, AIDS, burns and wounds without adequate pain relief, so why not harness the poppy harvest for much-needed morphine?
October 14, 2007
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