The politics of Heroin
CIA Complicity in the Global Drug TradeBy Alfred W. McCoy SOCIAL SCIENCE 734 Pages, 6 x 9 Formats: Trade Paper Trade Paper, $32.95 (US $32.95) (CA $44.95) ISBN 9781556524837 Rights: WOR […]
Taliban chief orders ‘strict’ ban on opium poppy cultivation
The ban comes as the Taliban tries to assuage international concerns regarding drug control in the impoverished South Asian country. Published On 3 Apr 20223 Apr 2022 The Taliban has […]
Taliban invokes Islam to weed out drugs from Afghanistan; war begins with shaved heads for addicts
The illicit opium trade in Afghanistan is intertwined with the country’s economy and its turmoil. Poppy growers are part of an important rural constituency for the Taliban, and most rely […]
Taliban drug trade hints at a way to protect Afghan culture
RYM TINA GHAZAL August 25, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/48mrb “Intolerance: Be like the ocean.” Many may not know that those words — a call for the acceptance of diversity — […]
Taliban ‘face health and economic disaster’ with Afghanistan running out of cash
Afghans wait in front of Kabul Bankafter the Taliban wrested back control of Afghanistan. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/2w3rd Militants order banks to open for first time since they seized control […]
Afghanistan at the crossroads as civil war looms
ANDREW HAMMOND August 12, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/6cawk Alarm is growing at the prospect of the Taliban unseating the Kabul government, but that outcome is just one of three scenarios […]
Almost half a century after it began, here’s how America’s ‘war on drugs’ is still devastating Latin America
The drug trade has so effectively penetrated state institutions that even the top echelons of the police force and the military have been linked to cartels Maria Useche, Javier San […]
Taliban leaders comfortably living in Pakistan with drug money: US general
November 29, 2017 BY Agencies WASHINGTON: The top US general in Afghanistan General John Nicholson said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan’s support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. He also claimed that though the Taliban’s tactical-level commanders were in […]
HEROIN DEALER TRIES ‘RELIGIOUS FREEDOM’ AS HIS DEFENSE, SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS IN PRISON
Source: World Religion News POSTED BY DEREK WELCH Timothy Anderson, a heroin dealer from St. Louis, Missouri, claimed he should be permitted to sell the opioid. His argument was that […]
Iran seizes 11 tonnes of drug in ‘biggest’ bust
TEHRAN: Iran’s border patrol police said it seized more than 11 tonnes of drugs, killing one smuggler, in the “biggest” bust since the 1979 Islamic revolution, media reported on Sunday. […]
Russia ‘alarmed’ over record Afghan heroin bust
Source: RT.com The Federal Drug Service reported that over 175 kilograms of heroin have been seized in a year long police operation in Naberezhniye Chelny. The record haul points to […]