News tagged with 'opium'. Found 34 tagged news.

Pomegranate international exhibition launched in Kabul

Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago

The international exhibition of pomegranate was launched in Kabul with participation of over 75 pomegranate producing, processing and distribution Afghan companies and 26 foreign companies in Badam area of Kabul city...Muhammad Asif Rahimi, minister for...

Tags: pomegranate, opium, Kabul

US: Opium output falls in Afghanistan

Kabul :: Afghanistan | 29 days ago

The report by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy claims opium production has decreased by 31% this year, to 5,500 tons, compared to 8,000 in 2007. "We are very pleased to announce today the US government estimate of poppy cultivation...

Tags: opium, poppy cultivation, opium production, drug control, national drug, control policy, Afghanistan

Afghan opium production down - US

Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago

S opium cultivation and production declined steeply in 2008 from record highs, the US said today. “We are very pleased to announce today the US Government estimate of poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan showed substantial declines,”...

Tags: opium, opium production, Afghanistan

NATO allows strikes on Afghan drug sites

Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago

Afghanistan, and killing our troops," said a Pentagon press secretary, Geoff Morrell. Throughout the two days of talks, Gates and Craddock had argued that the trafficking networks and drug trade had helped fund the Taliban insurgency, providing them with...

Tags: opium, Afghanistan, pakistan, Taliban, NATO, Robert Gates, nds, Georgian

Nato troops can attack Afghan drug barons

Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago

Nato defence ministers today authorised their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (€74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters. "With regard to counter-narcotics ... Afghans against...

Tags: afghan, afghanistan, attack, for, drugs, forces, opium, war, drug trade, Afghanistan, Nato, NATO, afghans drug, drug barons, U.S, United States

Nato general seeks opium assault

Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago

Nato's top operations commander is calling for more aggressive tactics against the opium trade in Afghanistan. Gen John Craddock will tell defence ministers meeting in Budapest that troops should focus on targets like drug dealers and laboratories. His...

Tags: opium, war

Afghan governor tries new approach to opium

Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago

As the new planting season for opium poppy draws near, the governor of Helmand, Afghanistan's largest poppy-producing province, says that this year he is determined to beat the illicit crop, which is a major source of money for drug lords and insurgents alike.

Tags: karzai, war, opium, poppy, afghan war, plan, pakistan, Afghanistan

UN: Opium cultivation drops in Afghanistan

Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago

The U.N.'s anti-drug office says opium poppy production in Afghanistan was down 19 percent this year compared to 2007 due to successful campaigns in the north and east though fields in the south remain awash in the heroin-producing crop. Efforts to eradicate...

Tags: opium, drugs, Afghanistan, poppy, war, opium production, United Nations, drug crop, Helmand

British Taxpayers Fight Afghan Poppy Farmers

Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago

Posted by wikiboy

In an incredible display of soft power, the House of Commons is ready to announce that millions of tax dollars will funneled into war-torn Afghanistan to convince poppy farmers to shift their focus to wheat. The scheme involves offering 26,000 farmers...

Tags: Afghanistan, Britain, poppy, opium, wheat

Canada calls for Afghan poppy rethink

Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago

Canada's Liberal leader Stephane Dion and the Green Party are also reported to be in favor of a wider range of measures to bring Afghan poppy cultivation under legal control including schemes similar to the "poppy for medicine" programs run by the United...

Tags: poppy, opium, war, drugs, David Emerson, opium trade, Canada