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Tag: Heroin

Posted inAfghanistan

Heroin, human trafficking only thriving Afghan businesses

by Jonathan Goodhand and Jan Koehler December 14, 2021December 19, 2021

In the frontier town of Zaranj on Afghanistan’s border with Iran, young men jostle one another as they cram into pickups that leave at regular intervals to be smuggled across the border. Human trafficking is one of the few sectors of the Afghan economy that is thriving. Another is drugs. Some 950 kilometers to the […]

Posted inAfghanistan

Taliban force Kabul’s drug addicts into withdrawal

by Michel MOUTOT and James Edgar October 19, 2021October 19, 2021
Posted inAfghanistan

Opium prices soar in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

by Emmanuel Duparcq September 29, 2021September 29, 2021
Posted inOpinion

A Saigon moment in the Hindu Kush

by Pepe Escobar July 7, 2021July 9, 2021
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia

Afghan heroin addicts turn to meth

by Usman Sharifi December 21, 2019February 18, 2020
Afghan men gather raw opium on a poppy field on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Photo: Reuters/Parwiz
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, United States, World

Afghanistan anti-drug boondoggle nears $9bn mark

by Phillip Smith December 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, United States, World

The drug war behind the trade war

by Bertil Lintner November 11, 2019February 18, 2020
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Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia

USAF blitz on Taliban heroin labs fizzles

by Phillip Smith March 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAustralia, Oceania

Australia paying dearly for its drug abuse

by Alan Boyd February 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Filipina domestic worker faces drug trafficking charges

by Asia Times staff January 30, 2019February 18, 2020
Raw opium is prepared for smoking in an opium field in western Myanmar in this December 28, 2014 file photo. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Why Myanmar can’t shake its drug problem

by Oliver Slow and Win Zar Ni Aung January 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Laos, Vietnam

Three arrested in Vietnam for allegedly smuggling heroin

by Asia Times staff January 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

French inmate escapes from prison in Indonesia

by Asia Times staff January 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Police mounted the operation after receiving information from an undercover officer and arrested a Vietnamese woman in Tun Mun district for drug trafficking. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Vietnam

Vietnamese woman arrested while delivering 7.3 kg of heroin

by Asia Times staff December 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Bags containing methamphetamine, known in Thai as ya ba, or crazy medicine, after being confiscated by authorities. Photo: AFP/Cristophe Archambault
Posted inAT Finance, Thailand

Large drug busts in Thailand’s north and south

by Dusita Maneemuang September 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Man putting flowers in barrel of gun representing choosing peace over violence
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, World

Afghanistan must convert warlords into ‘peace-lords’

by Ihsanullah Omarkhail July 19, 2018July 24, 2018
Thai police seized kratom leaves picked from 6,000 krathom trees planted near a house in southern Prachuab Khirikhan province in June, 2014. The stimulant is popular in southern Thailand and across much of Southeast Asia. Photo: AFP/Bangkok Post/Chaiwat Sardyaem
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Prescription painkillers a new headache for narcotics agencies 

by Alan Boyd July 1, 2018February 18, 2020
Shenzhen Bay Control Point
(inset) 4.8 Kilograms of suspected heroin seized
Photo: Google Maps, HK government
Posted inAT Finance, China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Malaysia

Alleged smugglers had hidden compartments in their shoes

by Asia Times staff April 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Inside a Catholic church in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Vatican adviser creates storm comparing China to Catholic Church

by Gordon Watts February 8, 2018February 18, 2020
The neighborhood in Penang, Malaysia where the drugs raid took place. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Malaysia, Middle East

Drugs trafficking charge dropped against Thai maid

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

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