A Partnership for Central Asia
Tags: AFGHANISTAN -- Politics & government -- 2001-; AFGHANISTAN -- Social conditions; AFGHANISTAN -- Economic conditions; TALIBAN; OPIUM trade; OPIUM; DRUG traffic
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- Iraq's Latest Casualty: Afghanistan. Stone, Peter H. // National Journal;12/9/2006, Vol. 38 Issue 49, p57
The article looks at the economic and political problems in Afghanistan, ranging from a booming drug trade to a resurgent Taliban to political corruption. The outlook for solving Afghanistan's drug problem was underscored by two reports tying the country's opium trade to corruption and to the...
- AT WAR IN THE FIELDS OF THE DRUG LORDS. Dealey, Sam // GQ: Gentlemen's Quarterly;Oct2006, Vol. 78 Issue 10, p226
The article explores the opium industry in Afghanistan which has been providing fuel to politics, culture, the economy, and the Taliban fighters. It is suggested that the strategy for destroying the drug trade and the Taliban movement is to move forces into a tiny area, chase the Taliban away,...
- The Opium War. // Mother Jones;May/Jun2009, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p44
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- Fields of Gold. LeVine, Steve; Bartholet, Jeffrey; Underhill, William; Johnson, Scott // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);12/06/99, Vol. 134 Issue 23, p26
Reports on the opium industry in Afghanistan. How the country is the largest opium producer in the world; Social problems caused by the drug and its production; The role of the Taliban, which administers policy in much of Afghanistan; Why opium is so profitable and its production and trade so...
- Fields of Gold. LeVine, Steve; Bartholet, Jeffrey; Underhill, William; Johnson, Scott // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);12/06/99, Vol. 134 Issue 23, p20
Reports on the opium industry in Afghanistan. How the country is the largest opium producer in the world; Social problems caused by the drug and its production; The role of the Taliban, which administers policy in much of Afghanistan; Why opium is so profitable and its production and trade so...
- A HARVEST OF TREACHERY. Moreau, Ron; Yousafzai, Sami // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);1/9/2006, Vol. 147 Issue 2, p30
The article looks at how Afghanistan's drug trade is threatening the country's stability. The author reviews how the rule of law is under attack by an organization of warlords and drug smugglers that spans the country and transcends its ethnic divisions. Statistics related to drug trade's...
- A HARVEST OF TREACHERY. Moreau, Ron; Yousafzai, Sami // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);1/9/2006, Vol. 147 Issue 2, p28
The article looks at how Afghanistan's drug trade is threatening the country's stability. The author reviews how the rule of law is under attack by an organization of warlords and drug smugglers that spans the country and transcends its ethnic divisions. Statistics related to drug trade's...
- Hope remains fragile in Afghanistan. Herlinger, Chris // National Catholic Reporter;1/11/2008, Vol. 44 Issue 10, p17
The author reflects on the sociopolitical and economic condition in Afghanistan, which is in the middle of war and violence. He quotes a description from a human rights activist depicting the country as depleted and in serious disrepair infrastructure. He has been told by a teacher at a...
- The Taliban's 'Last Chance' Vencat, Emily Flynn // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);7/31/2006, Vol. 148 Issue 5, p36
An interview with British Lt. Gen. David Richards is presented. Richards is NATO's top commander in Afghanistan. The author reviews how NATO will soon takeover for the U.S.-led coalition in the south. Richards comments on what it will take to initiate economic development in the country.
