Norwegian and U.S. Soldiers Kill for Thrills in Afghanistan

While the public is told they are fighting a “War on Terror”, according to one Norwegian soldier in Afghanistan, they kill because “it is better than sex”

The Afghan War: No Blood for Opium

During the 19th and 20th centuries, European powers (chiefly the UK) and Japan used the opium trade to weaken and subjugate China. During the 21st century, it seems that opium is being used against Iran, Russia and the former Soviet republics

History Repeats the Same Old Lies

When Queen Elizabeth II addressed her subjects on Christmas Day she continued an old tradition and also provided cover for a criminal enterprise. Rixon Stewart explains

Taliban Kill Senior British Commander

The death of the Welsh Guards commanding officer is a huge prize for the Taliban

40-fold drug surge in Afghanistan: report

Formerly the world’s foremost producer of heroin and opium, the Taliban had effectively shut down Afghanistan’s drugs trade. This was the real reason for its invasion – not “terror” – and drugs production has been booming ever since

Insurgencies spread in Afghanistan and Pakistan

“Make no mistake, NATO is not winning in Afghanistan,” warns a report directed by Gen. James Jones, who says: “What is happening in Afghanistan and beyond its borders can have even greater strategic long-term consequences than the struggle in Iraq”

West will never beat Taliban

The former head of Pakistan’s military intelligence warns that western forces may be forced to leave Afghanistan by the end of next year; as Canadian PM, Stephen Harper, threatens to pull Canada’s troops unless NATO sends in more soldiers

Opium Harvest at Record Level in Afghanistan, Now and in the Past

Just like Bush Snr’s ‘War on Drugs’, the invasion of Afghanistan has provided the drugs trade with a new lease of life. Now the opium trade, which was effectively broken by the Taliban, is flourishing like never before

Afghan opium crop soars to “frightening level” – UN

It seems like history is repeating itself in Afghanistan and in more ways than one

Britain is protecting the biggest heroin crop of all time

Afghanistan has just seen its biggest opium harvest ever. Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, reports on a web of intrigue involving, President Putin’s friends, Alexander Litvinenko and the production of heroin on an industrial scale

Afghanistan’s opium crop at an all-time high

The Taliban virtually shut down the production of opium thereby threatening the global drugs trade. But now, five years after the US led invasion, poppy growth is at an all time high. Prompting some to wonder if that wasn’t the real reason for invading

The Betrayal of Afghanistan

As the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq now unravels, the forgotten disaster in Afghanistan, the first “victory” in the “war on terror”, is perhaps an even more shocking testament to power