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Afghanistan meth trade surges as Taliban clamps down on heroin - UN
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months ago"The surge in methamphetamine trafficking in Afghanistan and the region suggests a significant shift...
Biden says abducted American Mark Frerichs will be home soon after deal with Taliban
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. has secured the release of Mark Frerichs,...
Afghanistan no longer world's biggest opium producer, U.N. report finds
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBangkok, Thailand — Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking...
How the Taliban Suppressed Opium in Afghanistan—and Why There's Little to Celebrate
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Taliban security personnel destroys a poppy plantation in Sher Surkh village of Kandahar province...
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s largest producer of opium
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA man working at an illegal poppy field in Myanmar - AFP Myanmar has overtaken Afghanistan to become...
Why America Just Set Free the ‘Pablo Escobar of Afghanistan’
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyWhen the U.S. announced the release of...
White House: American freed by Taliban in prisoner swap
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Biden administration on Monday confirmed the release of an American contractor held hostage by...
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan to become world’s leading opium producer, UN says
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMyanmar has become the world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan after the ruling...
American held captive in Afghanistan for nearly three years is freed in Taliban prisoner swap, Biden...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn American Navy veteran held captive in Afghanistan for nearly three years has been released in a...
4 Reasons why the US shouldn’t use the military to fight Mexico’s drug cartels
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMembers of the self-defense group Pueblos Unidos carry out guard duties in protection of avocado...