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January 7, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The State (South Carolina): More heroin from Afghanistan is hitting American city streets, five years after the U.S. toppled the fundamentalist Taliban regime. Full news...
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December 26, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Hindustan Times - While the world waiting eagerly to welcome the new year 2007, the people of Afghanistan, the Karzai government and the US and NATO fighters would like to forget their worst year since the ouster of Taliban five years ago. The year 2006 witnessed the killing of over 3900 people, representing a four-fold increase over the 1000 deaths last year. Full news...
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December 12, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IWPR: Idris, 16, sells cigarettes for a living. Walking along the road in Herat with a wooden box hanging from his neck, he confesses that he had moved onto stronger substances. "I didn't want to become addicted, but I started smoking since I was selling cigarettes," he said. Full news...
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December 6, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
AP - KABUL - Farida's son inherited her drug addiction in the womb, and drank her opium-laced breast milk. And when he cried and fussed, she calmed him with specks of opium diluted in tea. Full news...
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November 16, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Pajhwok Afghan News - JAWZJAN CITY: About 400 residents of the northern Jawzjan province Thursday in a protest rally urged Juma Khan Hamdard to quit his position as governor. The locals accused Hamdard as inefficient, his links with Hezb-i-Islami, involvement in smuggling and weak management. Full news...
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September 4, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Financial Times: Afghanistan’s opium cultivation surged by 59 per cent this year largely as a result of a Taliban-led insurgency that is pushing the southern part of the country to the verge of collapse, the United Nations drugs agency chief said at the weekend. Full news...
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August 2, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IRIN:An interesting result of the labour-intensive nature of opium production is its effect on the rural household economy, the division of labour and opportunities for Afghan women. In an otherwise ultra-traditional Islamic society opium offers women some degree of independence, through access to cash and status through their labours. Full news...
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February 5, 2006 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Telegraph (UK): Some cabinet ministers in Afghanistan are deeply implicated in the drugs trade and could be diverting foreign aid into trafficking, the country's anti-narcotics minister said yesterday. Full news...