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NATO helping boost Afghan heroin production: Russia

Thu, 2014-03-06 02:18 — Geoffrey Taylor

Published (5 Mar 2014) on PressTV. See also: Heroin production hits record levels in Afghanistan - study (1/5/2014), Who benefits from the Afghan Opium Trade? (Sep 2006), Heroin is "Good for Your Health": Occupation Forces support Afghan Narcotics Trade (Apr 2007), Afghanistan: Heroin-ravaged State (May 2009), Money Laundering and The Drug Trade: The Role of the Banks (13 May 2013), Joke of the Day: UN Says Afghanistan Risks Becoming 'Narco-State'! (9 Oct 2013), The Afghan economy is reconverting to opium (Nov 2013), Global opium and heroin production explodes (Feb 2014), Unprecedented Increase in World Opium Production (Feb 2014), 'Unprecedented increase in opium production' (13 Feb 2014), Afghan Heroin Flow Channeled to Russia (May 2010), Opium Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The head of Russia's Federal Drug Control Service has blamed the US-led NATO forces for the surge in Afghanistan's drug production.

On Wednesday, Russia's drugs tsar accused the US and its NATO allies of helping a surge in Afghanistan's heroin production.

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Why Australia's presence in Afghanistan is untenable

Mon, 2011-05-23 01:14 — admin

An Australian lawyer criticises Australia's participation in war in Afghanistan. Australia's participation in the Afghan war has helped bring world Opium production to record levels, with Afghanistan leading the way. The justification for this war was given in 2001, and remains the justification for the war, which is set to become Australia's longest war, nearly 10 years later. This justification has never been scrutinised by Australia's mainstream newsmedia nor what passes for Australia's 'alternative' or 'fa r l eft' media. In this article, that case for war is comprehensively examined.

Contents: Introduction, A Brief History, Carter and Brzezinski, Oil and Gas, The Legality of the Afghanistan War, (What is the Real Reason?: 1. Oil and Gas, 2. Geopolitical Ambitions, 3. Drugs), Conclusion, Footnotes. Article originally published as PDF (180K) on journalof911studies.com.