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Opium
23 posts
Harsh Abuses Seen in Burma Opium War
Despite a democratic opening and hopes for peace with the ethnic insurgencies in the northern hinterlands, horrific accounts…
January 26, 2015
Afghan Opium Boom Breaks Record Again
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose 7 percent from 209,000 hectares in 2013 to 224,000 hectares, according to the…
November 18, 2014
On the Opium Trail
In 1979, the year of the Soviet invasion, Afghanistan had no significant production of opium. But that was…
October 16, 2014