Real Estate: Danville homes, Alameda County homes, Contra Costa County homes, Concord homes, Walnut Creek homes, Livermore, East Bay homes, Berkeley, San Ramon Danville Alamo homes, Pleasanton homes, Hayward homes, Orinda Moraga Lafayette homes, Walnut Creek Concord Pleasant Hill homes, Dublin homes, Orinda homes, Moraga homes, Lafayette homes, Antioch, Castro Valley homes, San Ramon homes, San Leandro, Pleasant Hill homes, San Lorenzo, Clayton, Alamo homes

World News   Crime   Drugs   South Asia
Homes for Sale in East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
South Asia, Drugs Timeline Monday, September 1     Author
Search World News Atlas:

More opium likely in Afghan south

World News
    Crime (1001)
        Drugs (42)
            South Asia

                2007 (2)
                2006 (2)
                2005 (2)
                2004 (1)
                2002 (1)

                   India
                   Afghanistan (8)
                   Pakistan

                South Asia on Wikipedia
                South Asia on Web
                South Asia Books

Afghans seize 'largest drug haul'
Jun.11   Southern Afghanistan
  Afghan police working with British special forces have uncovered a drugs stash of 237 tonnes of hashish, world's biggest seizure of drugs
Feb.5   Southern Afghanistan
  The amount of opium poppy cultivated in volatile provinces will increase this year, according to an annual UN assessment
Feb.4   Afghanistan Report urges Afghan farmer boost
  A new report on drugs trade urges more investment to provide alternative livelihoods for farmers

year 2007 Top ^

Aug.27   Afghanistan Afghan opium at record high
  UN: opium production in Afghanistan has soared to record levels, with an increase on last year of more than 1/3
Jun.25   Afghanistan Afghan opium production 'soars' Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6239702.stm#map  The annual World Drug Report says more than 90% of illegal opium, which is used to make heroin, comes from Afghanistan

year 2006 Top ^

Sep.2   Afghanistan Huge rise in Afghan opium  UN: Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is expected to soar by 59% this year: 92% of the world's supply of opium Mar.7   Afghanistan Fight to stem bumper opium crop  Hundreds of farmers are tending pale green shoots of chief crop and economic mainstay: opium poppies

year 2005 Top ^

Young Australian hanged May.21   Kabul   Afghan president pressed on opium
  US officials say Karzai is partly responsible for the failure of poppy eradication efforts

year 2004 Top ^

Feb.8   Afghanistan Forum targets heroin trade  Afghanistan is hosting 2 days of talks on its illegal drug industry which in 2003 accounted for 90% of heroin in Europe

year 2002 Top ^

Jan.16   Afghanistan Opium production banned  Interim government has banned the cultivation of opium poppies to stop drug trafficking



Add a favorite (file a bookmark) to South Asia, Drugs Timeline

Please send feedback to: support@mapreport.com

Advertise on South Asia, Drugs Page