Figures to be released in September are expected to show that Afghanistan's poppy production has risen up to 15 percent since 2006 and that the country now accounts for 95 percent of the world's crop, 3 percentage points more than last year. picked by hisidea 2 years ago tags poppy heroin Afghanistan |
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In what is seen as an enormous show of force in the ongoing battle between man and poppy seed, the United States military has dropped several tons of explosives on a field in the Helmand Province, destroying mounds of poppy seeds which had been gathered there picked by Bornbad 4 months ago 5 comments edit related share politics |
A detailed study about red poppy: botanical, historical, etymological and as foof and beverage. Red poppy syrup and red poppy jam from Bozcaada is very famous. picked by denzz 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Poppy seeds eaten even the day before a drugs test can give a false positive for heroin use. Leave those bagels alone! picked by sparky 3 years ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Province in Afghanistan, where some 7,000 British troops are based, is on the verge of becoming the world's biggest drugs supplier, cultivating more opium than Colombia. You've got to be kidding me! picked by osiris12 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
In 2009, the U.S. is still fighting the Taliban, and al-Qaeda operatives are still plotting from Afghanistan. And one part of the region's deadly muddle has gotten worse. In 2001 there were fears that the war in Afghanistan would destabilize Pakistan. (The Pashtun ethnic group, which makes up a large part of the Taliban insurgency, straddles the border between the two countries.) Those fears are n... read full post picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago 1 comments edit related share world |
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Gunmen kidnapped a burqa-clad American aid worker and her driver in southern Afghanistan's largest city early Saturday, snatching the woman from a residential neighborhood as she was on her way to work. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Some of the bloodiest fighting of World War One took place in the Flanders and Picardy regions of Belgium and Northern France. The poppy was the only thing which grew in the aftermath of the complete devastation. 3 comments edit related share plime.comREMEMBER THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM picked by spocksmyhomeboy 2 years ago |