The Soviets also knew this, i think anyways, before they invaded it for no good reason in 1979,,,,,,,,,,,and occupied it for like 10 years......or at least part of it..........the USA trained a bunch of freedom fighters.......one was the Saudi billionaire and sheik, Osma Bin Ladin...........

1. Opium production in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free ...

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   Afghanistan has been the greatest illicit opium producer in the entire world, ahead of Burma (Myanmar), the "Golden Triangle", and Latin America since 1992, ...

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Afghan Opium Cultivation Rises to Record Levels - The New ...

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Nov 12, 2014 - KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan opium cultivation again rose to historic levels in 2014, United Nations officials reported on Wednesday. And in a ...

Opium Crop at Record High in Afghanistan | TIME

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Nov 12, 2014 - An Afghan farmer works on a poppy field collecting the green bulbs swollen with raw opium, the main ingredient in heroin, in the Khogyani ...

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In the news
Opium Cultivation Hits New Record High in Afghanistan Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
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Afghanistan has once again set a new record for opium cultivation despite a constant U.S. military presence for the last thirteen years.
Afghanistan Set Record for Growing Opium in 2014
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[PDF]Afghanistan Opium Survey 2014 - United Nations Office on ...

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Afghanistan. Opium Survey 2014. Cultivation and Production. AFGHANIST. ANOPIUM SUR. VEY 2014. NOVEMBER 2014. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Opium harvest in Afghanistan reaches record levels after ...

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The Guardian

Nov 12, 2014 - The cultivation of opium in Afghanistan has reached record high levels in the year that the majority of Nato troops withdrew from combat action.

Afghan opium production explodes despite billions spent ...

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The Guardian

Apr 30, 2014 - Report by DC's Afghanistan war watchdog found opium cultivation unaffected by $7.5bn US spent to combat it.

Afghan opium crop set for record high - The Guardian

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The Guardian

Nov 12, 2014 - The opium crop in Afghanistan will hit a new high this year, the United Nations has said, presenting a challenge to the country in tackling the ...

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3. In-depth articles

The Taliban's Opium War



The New Yorker‎ - Jul 2007

While destroying a field of opium poppies in Uruzgan Province, members of the Afghan Eradication Force came under fire in an ambush apparently orchestrated by the Taliban.

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Is Afghanistan a Narco-State?



The New York Times‎ - Jul 2008

Over the next two years I would discover how deeply the Afghangovernment was involved in protecting the opium trade — by shielding it from American-designed policies. While it is ...

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'OPIUM' REAL REASON FOR AFGHANISTAN WAR ...



truedemocracyparty.net‎ - May 2012

British Soldier Guarding Poppy Field in Afghanistan. http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/8708/opiumfield.jpg. And, opiumisn't the only drug our government is dealing in! Remember ...

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