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| Special report: Drugs trade after the Taliban Published: January 10 2002 15:03GMT | Last Updated: February 27 2002 15:19GMT |
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Afghanistan opium crop threatens Europe Afghan farmers are preparing to harvest a potential bumper opium crop that threatens to fuel the illicit drugs trade in the surrounding region and flood Europe with heroin by the end of this year. British officials believe that unless urgent action is taken militarily to back a crop eradication and aid effort in the Helmand and Nangahar regions within the next four weeks, a large opium crop could be ready for harvest by June. more US prepares for long battle against heroin The US may have won the first stages of its war against terrorism, but it is in danger of losing the latest phase of the war on drugs in Afghanistan. After the rapid military success against the Taliban regime, US policy-makers are now grappling with an uncomfortable reality of life in the newly-liberated country: the oppressive Taliban regime was more effective at controlling the country's drugs trade than the new government in Kabul. more
Afghan general sets sights on desert traffickers The drought that has destroyed the lives of millions of Afghans and Iranians has been a bonus for the drug barons transporting opium and heroin to Europe. The great Helmand river, its tributaries and surrounding marshlands once threw up a considerable natural obstacle where the borders of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan meet. Today, after three years without a drop of rain, the once mighty waterways are a sandy wasteland. more
Young men risk death on drugs train to Europe On the train that travels from Dushanbe, the Tajik capital, to the Russian Caspian port of Astrakhan, officials leave no bag unchecked in their quest to uncover illegal narcotics. After a three-month break, the train has only just resumed service. As it winds through central Asia - from Tajikistan, through Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan - it at times follows the ancient Silk Road, through the fabled cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. more
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