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An Afghan pharmacist analyses samples of drugs, in a laboratory under the Interior Ministry’s Counter Narcotics, in Kabul May 26, 2013. Source: Reuters/Mohammad Ismail

Growing crystal meth use blurs drug-hungry Afghanistan’s future

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2013 | World

Kabul, Reuters—Impoverished Afghanistan, already plagued by insurgency and struggling to contain crippling rates of opium addiction, faces another potential headache with spiralling usage of the synthetic drug crystal methamphetamine. The growing use of the drug,...

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An Afghan security force member destroys poppy fields in the Noor Gal district of eastern Kunar province on April 13, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Noorullah Shirzada

Afghan Opium Cultivation to Rise in 2013, Says UN Report

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 15, 2013 | World

Vienna, Reuters—Afghan farmers attracted by high prices are likely to cultivate more opium this year, lining the pockets of traffickers and Taliban insurgents alike, a UN report said on Monday. Afghanistan supplies about 90% of the world’s opium, from which heroin is...