Browsing Tag
Afghanistan
11 posts
Myanmar Surpasses Afghanistan as World’s Largest Opium Producer
A United Nations report shows that Myanmar has taken the place of Afghanistan as the world’s largest producer of opium.
Afghan Poppy Harvest Down 95% After Taliban Opium Ban
The United States withdrew from Afghanistan in February of 2020 and in August of 2021 the Taliban officially took power.
Taliban Bans Weed Cultivation
Violators will be punished accordingly, Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada decreed.
The Tale of the Hippie Trail
Dive into these first-hand accounts of smuggling hash across Europe and Asia, a nod to an era long since passed.
Higher Profile: R. Gage Amsler, ‘The Strains of War’
War hero R. Gage Amsler: A tale of war, redemption and Afghani weed.
Afghanistan: NATO Claims Crackdown On Taliban Hashish
The Taliban is selling drugs to finance their more violent activities.
Afghanistan Opium Production Hits New Record—Again
The latest stats from the UN’s annual Afghanistan Opium Survey are in, and the news is grim. Opium production…
U.S. Marines Return to Afghanistan’s Opium Heartland
U.S. Marines this week returned to the Helmand province, now the epicenter both of Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgency and opium production.…
Afghan Official: 650 Tons of Drugs Seized in Past Year
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says that in the past 12 months the country’s counter-narcotics department…
Afghan Opium Wars Pit Taliban Against ISIS
In a “worrying reversal” for global anti-drug efforts, the latest annual report from the United Nations Office for Drug and…