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In the 13 years since the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the countrys opium production has doubled, now accounting for about 90 percent of the worlds supply. To learn more, we are joined by Matthieu Aikins, a Kabul-based journalist whose latest report for Rolling Stone magazine explores Afghanistans heroin boom. What has happened in Afghanistan over the last 13 years has been the flourishing of a narco-state that is really without any parallel in history, Aikins says. This is something that is extraordinary, that is catastrophic, that has grave danger for the future and yet there has been virtually no discussion of in recent years. Watch 13 years of Democracy Now! coverage of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan in our online archive:The Worst Narco-State in History? After 13-Year War, Afghanistan’s Opium...: youtu.be/jk5hCLgnY7Y via @YouTube
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:00:58 +0000

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