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  • May 2008

    • Marines Tread Lightly in Opium Poppy Fields

      Associated Press  |  May 7, 08 7:45 AM CDT

      Marines Tread Lightly in Opium Poppy Fields

      (Newser) - The US Marines have been battling the Taliban in the world's largest opium-growing region—and they're taking care not to damage the crop, the AP reports. Troops in Afghanistan are aware that the Taliban makes millions from the poppy harvest, but they also realize that destroying the locals' only source of income is likely to drive them into the arms of the militants. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • US military  • US Marine Corps  • opium  • poppies

  • March 2008

    • More Afghan Families Using Girls to Pay Debt

      Newsweek  |  Mar 30, 08 6:24 CDT

      More Afghan Families Using Girls to Pay Debt

      (Newser) - Besieged by debt, more Afghan farmers are paying lenders by handing over their girls as "loan brides," Newsweek reports. Often taken from their families forever, the girls—some younger than 5 years old—are commonly beaten or pushed to suicide by their fate. "My heart is still with my parents, brothers and sisters," one girl said. "Only my body is with my husband's family." More »

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      Afghanistan  • drugs  • marriage  • debt  • War on Drugs  • opium  • arranged marriage  • poppies  • dowry

  • January 2008
  • October 2007

    • US Targets Afghan Opium Crop

      New York Times  |  Oct 8, 07 9:15 AM CDT

      US Targets Afghan Opium Crop

      (Newser) - The US is pressing the Afghan government to stem its booming poppy crop with mass spraying following the biggest opium harvests in its history—which accounts for 91% of the world's production. Therein lies much of the resurgent Taliban's revenue, the New York Times reports, but Karzai fears a Taliban-inspired loss of popular support if he targets the opium trade.  More »

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      Afghanistan  • United Nations  • Taliban  • Condoleezza Rice  • Hamid Karzai  • heroin  • opium  • Helmand province  • poppies  • counternarcotics

  • August 2007

    • Afghanistan Supplies 93% of World's Opiates

      BBC  |  Aug 28, 07 6:47 AM CDT

      Afghanistan Supplies 93% of World's Opiates

      (Newser) - Afghanistan's opium production has soared over the last year and the country now supplies 93% of the world's opiates. Most of the poppies are grown along the country's southern border with Pakistan, where the insurgency is strong, security is weak, and the Taliban continues to use its drug profits to buy guns and keep itself running, reports the BBC. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • drugs  • heroin  • opium  • narcotics  • poppies

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