Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Foreign Affairs

delrem

(9,688 posts)

1. Taliban's Ban On Poppy A Success, U.S. Aides Say

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2015, 05:55 AM

May 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/world/taliban-s-ban-on-poppy-a-success-us-aides-say.html

Taliban's Ban On Poppy A Success, U.S. Aides Say

By BARBARA CROSSETTE
Published: May 20, 2001

UNITED NATIONS, May 18— The first American narcotics experts to go to Afghanistan under Taliban rule have concluded that the movement's ban on opium-poppy cultivation appears to have wiped out the world's largest crop in less than a year, officials said today.

The American findings confirm earlier reports from the United Nations drug control program that Afghanistan, which supplied about three-quarters of the world's opium and most of the heroin reaching Europe, had ended poppy planting in one season.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

2 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Is insurgency Afghanistan’s only problem? [View all] unhappycamper May 2015 OP

Taliban's Ban On Poppy A Success, U.S. Aides Say delrem May 2015 #1

Russia stops transit of NATO military cargo to Afghanistan and another Article re Russia KoKo May 2015 #2