Tracking the global network of an opiate economy After seizing power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have promised to put an end to opium production, while the country remains the world’s…
Adam Pletts
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Images of the World Trade Center buildings billowing smoke, as their final minutes counted down a decade ago this month, gave a very different symbolism to the already iconoclastic twin…
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As the needle pierces Reza Etesamifard’s skin in central London, the heroin entering his blood stream is on the final stage of a journey that most likely originated in Afghanistan.…
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The conversation between Captain Allen McBroom of the Marines’ 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance and a villager from San Banadar in Afghanistan’s Southern Helmand Province was floundering. McBroom was fishing…
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Command Outpost (COP) Spera is located 800 meters from the border with Pakistan in Afghanistan’s Khost province. The platoon section that occupies the COP can only come and go…
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As the attack was radioed in, we upped our pace to such a speed across the rugged terrain that I was thrown across the inside of our armored vehicle.…