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1. Terrorists, insurgents, and criminals - growing nexus?

Author

Oehme, Chester G., III

Subjects
Iraq -- Social aspects, Afghanistan -- Social aspects, Insurgency -- Afghanistan, Insurgency -- Iraq, Insurgency -- Evaluation, Opium -- Production data, Kidnapping -- Statistics, International relations, Sociology and social work
Abstract

The scope provided by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan for criminal organizations, terrorists, and insurgents to forge and strengthen relationships, particularly in the period between post-conflict and reconstruction/nation building, is explored.

Published
2008

2. Afghan opium production predicted to reach new high

Author

Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud

Subjects
Opium trade -- Investigations, Opium -- Production data, Company legal issue, Military and naval science
Abstract

Afghanistan's opium production is expected to exceed 1999's record high of 4,581 tones in 2004 depending on total acreage and average yields as opium poppy cultivations has spread to new provinces and districts across the country. This situation has outlawed the opium economy by a fatwa signed by AfghanistanEs Council of Ulemas, which reinforced the ban pronounced by the Afghan transition government of Hamid Karazai.

Published
2004

3. Global opium production

Subjects
Opium -- Production data, Opium trade -- Production data -- International aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

According to the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the global production of opium declined from 8,890 tonnes in 2007 to 7,750 tonnes last year. Most opium, which is [...]

Published
2010

4. U.N. Says Afghan Opium Production Down

Subjects
United Nations -- Reports, Market trend/market analysis, Opium -- Production data, Opium trade -- Forecasts and trends -- Reports, International agencies -- Reports -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112488249 NOAH ADAMS, host: Opium is the cash crop in Afghanistan. And according to a new United Nations report, the bottom is starting to [...]

Published
2009

5. AfghanistanEs opium production rises post-Taliban

Author

Davis, Anthony and Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud

Subjects
Opium -- Investigations, Opium -- Production data, Company legal issue, Military and naval science, United Nations
Abstract

A report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed that Afghanistan is the worldEs largest producer of opium. The reasons for the increase are the chaotic collapse of Taliban rule and the widespread poverty faced by farmers as the country struggles to recover from years of war compounded by drought.

Published
2002

6. Opium cultivation in Afghanistan down sharply, report says

Author

Partlow, Joshua

Subjects
Market trend/market analysis, Company financing, United Nations -- Reports, Taliban -- Finance, Opium trade -- Forecasts and trends, Opium -- Supply and demand, Opium -- Production data
Published
2009

8. 2nd LD Writethru: Afghan opium production reaches 5,800 tons in 2011, up 61 pct

Subjects
Opium -- Production data, Opium trade, Business, general, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

KABUL, Oct 11, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Opium production increased 61 percent in 2011 in Afghanistan in comparison with 2010, a United Nations report released here said on Tuesday. [...]

Published
2011

9. 1st LD: Afghan opium production reachs 5,800 tons in 2011, up 61 pct

Subjects
Opium -- Production data, Opium trade, Business, general, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

KABUL, Oct 11, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Opium production has increased by 61 percent in 2011 in Afghanistan in comparison with 2010, a United Nations report released here said [...]

Published
2011

10. Afghan opium production down slightly

Author

McManus, John F.

Subjects
Opium -- Production data, Opium -- Environmental aspects, Droughts -- Afghanistan, Droughts -- Influence
Abstract

"The opium flood waters in Afghanistan have started to recede. This year, the high-water mark of 193,000 hectares of opium cultivated in 2007 has dropped by 19 percent." Still the […]

Published
2008

11. Afghanistan has become the World's Leading Opium Producer

Author

McManus, John F.

Subjects
Opium -- Production data
Abstract

"The threat is definitely there that the country will become a narco-state." When a UN report claimed that 87 percent of the world's opium comes from Afghanistan and that income […]

Published
2005

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