Baldauf, Scott,

Afghanistan's New Jihad Targets Poppy Production. Scott Baldauf. - Christian Science Monitor, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 75, Health, 1522-323X; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Afghanistan's New Jihad Targets Poppy Production, May 16, 2005; pp. n.p..

"Last year at this time [May 2004], the southeastern Afghan province of Nangrahar was covered with pink and white poppies, producing a quarter of the nation's opium crop. This year [2005], after President Hamid Karzai announced a jihad or holy war against drugs, Nangrahar is almost 80 percent free of poppies." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article describes the international efforts underway in Afghanistan to control the country's pervasive drug trade.

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Drug traffic--Afghanistan
Opium poppy growers
Opium trade--Afghanistan
Political corruption--Afghanistan


Afghanistan--Economic conditions
Afghanistan--Politics and government

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