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13
Feb

Will US/NATO ever accept blame for global heroine plague?

Opium from Afghanistan is destroying the lives of hundreds of millions worldwide

Posted in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Pakistan, on Feb 13, 2015


30
Jan

Cheap Afghan heroin making it to USA.

In 2000, the Taliban had almost eradicated poppy farming in Afghanistan. Now the Obama administration is ordering US soldiers to […]

Posted in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Obama, on Jan 30, 2012


01
Dec

US Government uses military to help Afghan opium trade.

The Taliban declared war on opium in 2000 and almost completely wiped it out in Afghanistan. In 2002, Afghanistan saw […]

Posted in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Obama, on Dec 01, 2011


25
Apr

Hundreds of Afghan insurgents escape from prison. Again.

US troops capture them, Afghan police let them escape. For the second time in two years, hundreds of Taliban prisoners […]

Posted in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, on Apr 25, 2011


06
Apr

So much for US Empire Building.

Historically, Afghanistan has been a place where empires have run out of steam. No one has really ever conquered Afghanistan […]

Posted in Afghanistan, Federal Gov, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, on Apr 06, 2010