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Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 21 hours ago
Nato allows its troops to attack Opium factories for the first time in Afghanistan to help stem the flow of funds to the Taleban. ... Source: topics.nytimes.com --- 7 days ago
The governor of Helmand says that he is determined to beat the illicit crop that is a major source of money for drug lords and insurgents alike. ... Source: www.iht.com --- 6 days ago
In Helmand Province, Gulab Mangal hopes to persuade farmers not to plant poppies at all, rather than eradicating the crop. ... Source: news.theage.com.au --- 22 hours ago
NATO has agreed to take part for the first time in the fight against Afghanistan's Opium trade to cut off drug funds from Taliban insurgents, a diplomat said. ... Source: www.topix.com --- 27 days ago
STOCKHOLM: Afghanistan has dramatically reduced poppy production across large swathes of the country, but lack of security and aid for farmers threatens to eclipse Kabul's progress, experts warned on Wednesday. ... Source: www.channelnewsasia.com --- 17 hours ago
BUDAPEST: NATO announced Friday its troops would from now on target Afghanistan's Opium trade directly in an effort to cut off hundreds of millions of dollars of drug money financing the Taliban insurgency. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 15 days ago
Radio Free Europe Sep 25 2008 4:10PM GMT ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 18 hours ago
Yahoo! News Australia Oct 10 2008 10:57AM GMT ... Source: www.rferl.org --- 15 days ago
Tajik border guards have shot dead a group of Afghan drug smugglers and seized more than 250 kilograms of Opium and other drugs, a border guard spokeswoman said. ... Source: www.france24.com --- 12 hours ago
In a departure from its military role in Afghanistan, NATO will target Opium trade there in a bid to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in drug money from reaching Taliban-led insurgents, the alliance announced Friday. ... Source: www.larouchepub.com --- 33 days ago
EIR News Service press release. ... Source: www.poppies.org --- 33 days ago
American forces in Afghanistan are planning an offensive against the nation's poppy crop -- supposedly the country's biggest ever. Apparently a couple of Generals saw those "if you buy drugs, you're supporting al-Qaida" commercials, and decided to take action. After all, if you can't find any of the <i>actual terrorists</i>, you gotta make it look like you're doing <b>something</b>. ...
Source: www.cbc.ca --- 1 day ago
The United States and Afghanistan pushed NATO members on Thursday to adopt a broad new strategy to target the lucrative Afghan Opium trade, but Germany, Spain and others were reluctant to expand the military alliance's mission. more ... Source: www.dw-world.de --- 1 day ago
The US has called on fellow NATO members to allow the alliance to attack the Afghan Opium trade in an effort to weaken the Taliban. ... Source: www.reason.com --- 2 days ago
Over at Slate , Christopher Hitchens proposes a novel solution to the "problem" of Afghan farmers continued interest in growing Opium poppies, their biggest cash crop: The U.S. should buy the crop rather than letting the Taliban do so. We don't have to smoke the stuff once we have purchased it: It can be burned or thrown away or perhaps more profitably used to manufacture the painkillers of which the United States currently suffers a shortage. (As it is, we allow Turkey to cultivate Opium poppy fields for precisely this purpose.) Why not give Afghanistan the contract instead? At one stroke, we help fill its coffers and empty the main war chest of our foes while altering the "hearts-and-minds" balance that has been tipping away from us. I happen to know that this option has been discussed at quite high levels in Afghanistan itself, and I leave you to guess at the sort of political constraints that prevent it from being discussed intelligently in public in the United States. More here . Never miss an opportunity to read Hitchens' tremendous 2001 interview with reason . A snippet: The thing I've often tried to point out to people from the early days of the Thatcher revolution in Britain was that the political consensus had been broken, and from the right. The revolutionary, radical forces in British life were being led by the conservatives. That was something that almost nobody, with the very slight exception of myself, had foreseen ... Find more results for Afghan Opium on RSSMicro.com |
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AFP - NATO forces will from now on directly target Afghanistan's Opium trade to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in drug money from reaching Taliban-led insurgents, the alliance announced on Friday. ...
AFP - NATO defence ministers will hear a plea Thursday to take new steps to crack down on the Opium trade in Afghanistan as the illicit business generates vital funds for the Taliban-led insurgency. ...
CBC.ca NATO to Hit Drug Trade in Afghanistan New York Times - 16 hours ago By JUDY DEMPSEY BUDAPEST, Hungary - NATO defense ministers agreed Friday to allow attacks on Afghanistan’s drug trade , after the United States reached a compromise with its other 25 allies in a major shift in strategy for the alliance. Gates: US would support Afghan peace talks with Taliban CNN NATO to Target Opium Network Funding Taliban Voice of America International Herald Tribune - Financial Times - Bloomberg - Tampa Tribune all 1,468 news articles ...
Reuters South Africa US Wants NATO to Target Afghan Heroin Trade Wall Street Journal - 49 minutes ago AP BUDAPEST, Hungary -- The US pushed NATO allies Thursday to order their troops to target Afghanistan's heroin trade to stem the flow of drug money to the widening insurgency against the international military mission. Nations balk at US anti-drug plan for Afghanistan The Associated Press US Calls On NATO to Target Afghanistan Opium Trade Voice of America Washington Post - Reuters AlertNet - Telegraph.co.uk - Deutsche Welle all 757 news articles ...