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    Afghanistan has long had a history of opium poppy cultivation and harvest. As of 2021, Afghanistan's harvest produces more than 90% of illicit heroin globally...
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    with Afghanistan supplanting Burma to become the world's largest opium producer once more. Opium production increased rapidly in Afghanistan from that...
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    21st century when opium production in Afghanistan increased. Myanmar was the world's second-largest source of opium after Afghanistan up to 2022, producing...
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    Opium production in Myanmar has historically been a major contributor to the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Myanmar is the world's largest producer...
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  • Golden Crescent (category Opium)
    against heroin production. Afghanistan has produced over 90% of the world's illicit opium in the recent past. In addition to opiates, Afghanistan was also the...
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    2 million. Opium and heroin from Afghanistan and Pakistan—known collectively as the Golden Crescent—pass through Iran's eastern borders in large amounts...
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  • imports). Opium is heavily imported from its top producing nations like Afghanistan. There is also an account of Opium black marketing in India. The...
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  • War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC), the conquest of Afghanistan...
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    drug trade Opium production in Afghanistan "Afghanistan now world's top cannabis source: U.N. | Reuters". "History of Cannabis in Afghanistan". Nick Jones...
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    the opium production (99%) by 2001. Under the Taliban governance of Afghanistan, both drug users and dealers were severely prosecuted. The Afghan custom...
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  • which export heroin created in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is the largest producer of heroin (see Opium production in Afghanistan), but due to no existing connections...
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    tons. This little production of opium continued in areas under the control of the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan. Since the downfall...
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  • but since 2003, opium production in Afghanistan has risen sharply: the area cultivated in 2006 is 59% more than that cultivated in 2005. Equally, eradication...
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    Engineering Company Afghanistan in the 1950s: Back to the Future [Full Documentary] - BBC News on YouTube (at 5:24) "The Opium Economy in Afghanistan: An International...
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  • livelihoods; in Afghanistan, development agencies use the term sustainable livelihoods. Opium has been grown in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India,...
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    Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostly tribal society. The population of the country consists of numerous ethnolinguistic groups: mainly the Pashtun...
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    it is a major route for heroin from Afghanistan to Europe; opium production in Afghanistan has been the highest in the world since 1992 (except for the...
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    The population of Afghanistan is around 41 million as of 2023. The nation is composed of a multi-ethnic and multilingual society, reflecting its location...
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    Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان بیرغ; Dari: پرچم افغانستان), adopted on 15 August 2021 following the Taliban's victory in the 2001–2021...
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    of Afghan opium production. Open-pit burning was the dominant method used by the DoD to dispose of waste from their military bases in the US War in Afghanistan...
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    The country is the 40th largest in the world in size. Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the Kabul Province. With a location...
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    Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces (ولايت, wilåyat). The provinces of Afghanistan are the primary administrative divisions. Each province encompasses...
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    Afġānistān) was a monarchy in Central Asia that was established in 1926 as a successor state to the Emirate of Afghanistan. It was proclaimed by its first...
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    and sometimes hard candy. The beverage originated in Houston as early as the 1960s and is popular in hip hop culture, especially within the Southern United...
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    which, in order to suppress opium production, was systematically suppressing water pumping. In a 2023 report, poppy cultivation in southern Afghanistan was...
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    that an increase in Afghan fruit production towards a more international market would be the best way to combat opium production in the country. Gradually...
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    Khun Sa (category Illegal drug trade in Southeast Asia)
    surrender, opium production in the Golden Triangle declined (this shift coincided with a dramatic rise in opium production in Afghanistan). During his...
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    The culture of Afghanistan has persisted for over three millennia, tracing record to at least the time of the Achaemenid Empire in 500 BCE, and encompasses...
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  • Afghanistan is divided into: Provinces of Afghanistan Districts of Afghanistan Subdistricts of Afghanistan v t e...
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    with Afghanistan. It originates from the several historical examples of foreign powers having been unable to achieve military victory in Afghanistan in the...
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