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Heroin Withdrawal: Border Strife in Afghanistan Shows Wider Tensions
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Heroin Withdrawal: Border strife in Afghanistan shows wider tensions
On a mountain trail toward the border with Pakistan, the explosions became louder, more constant and finally visible as puffs of smoke on distant peaks and rising from valleys.
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Heroin Withdrawal: Border Strife in Afghanistan Shows Wider Tensions – the Associated Press
Heroin Withdrawal: Border strife in Afghanistan shows wider tensions – The Associated Press
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Border strife in Afghanistan shows wider tensions
The Associated Press Amerkhail, who earned a reputation for interdicting heroin shipments when he was in charge of security at the Kabul International Airport, offered his resignation to the Afghan interior minister on Thursday to protest NATO's and Pakistan's response to … |
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Heroin Withdrawal: What Has the War in Afghanistan Really Achieved? – the Independent
Heroin Withdrawal: What has the war in Afghanistan really achieved? – The Independent
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What has the war in Afghanistan really achieved?
The Independent Afghanistan is by far the world's most important producer of heroin and cannabis, and the war has done little to alter that. Poppy growing is too important to the warlords, corrupt government officials, the Taliban, and the untold numbers of poor … Smart v. Stupid |
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Heroin Withdrawal: Plan B: “Listen to my music. I’ll help you through” – The Guardian
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Plan B: "Listen to my music. I'll help you through"
The Guardian Anyhow, in his Glastonbury anecdote, Ben's friends try ecstasy for the first time and he takes heroin: "The one and only time I ever done it. It was horrible. I got hot, I got cold, got itchy, felt sick – like all the withdrawal symptoms, all at once. … |
US Strategy in Afghanistan Resembles That of the Soviet Union – RIA Novosti
Heroin Withdrawal: US strategy in Afghanistan resembles that of the Soviet Union – RIA Novosti
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US strategy in Afghanistan resembles that of the Soviet Union
RIA Novosti Because the war will continue, so will the Taleban's reliance on Al Qaeda as a source of expertise, and on heroin as a source of revenue. And while the Afghan Army may be able to hold the cities, it is obvious that it and the rotten Afghan state will … |
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Heroin Withdrawal: We have slept through 10 years of an unjustified war – Herald Scotland
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We have slept through 10 years of an unjustified war
Herald Scotland In another, earlier version British troops were fighting to rid the west of the scourge of heroin. Or they were denying a safe haven to terrorists. Or they were maintaining “regional stability”. Like their ancestors before them in numerous, … |
Allow the Poppy a Place in the New Afghanistan – the Guardian
Heroin Withdrawal: Allow the poppy a place in the new Afghanistan – The Guardian
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Allow the poppy a place in the new Afghanistan
The Guardian With the date of withdrawal set for 2014, the international community has to ask itself how it can leave Afghanistan with the best chance possible to create a civil society. Economic growth is a key component to that transition. … |
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Heroin Withdrawal: Cables from Kabul by Sherard Cowper-Coles: review – Telegraph.co.uk
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Cables from Kabul by Sherard Cowper-Coles: review
Telegraph.co.uk Security is the first requirement of any society but desertion rates of 60 per cent are common in the Afghan army once the soldiers learn they are to be sent to “IED-infested” Helmand, many Afghan police are heroin-addicted and corrupt and neither … |
NATO Considers Afghanistan ‘drawdown’ – Channel 4 News
Heroin Withdrawal: NATO considers Afghanistan ‘drawdown’ – Channel 4 News
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NATO considers Afghanistan 'drawdown'
Channel 4 News Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking in 2001 In 2001 Tony Blair explained that the invasion was necessary to eliminate the "terrorist threat" and the heroin supply (Afghanistan supplies 90 per cent of the world's heroin). … Real progress in Afghanistan … but to what end? Ending Sanctions on the Taliban: A Good Idea |
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Heroin Withdrawal: A better approach on opioid addiction treatment – Boston Globe (blog)
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A better approach on opioid addiction treatment
Boston Globe (blog) Treating heroin addicts poses a serious challenge for state health authorities. For four decades, the Commonwealth's main strategy has been methadone, a drug that blocks withdrawal symptoms and prevents cravings for heroin and other opioids like … Naloxone does not prevent buprenorphine injection |