Asia Times Online :: Follow the drugs: US shown the way

Asia Times Online :: Central Asian News and current affairs, Russia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan: "After the Taliban were ousted from Kabul in late 2001, opium production skyrocketed again, breaking all-time production records in 2004. Hundreds of tons of Afghan heroin are now transported annually to Europe, corrupting the continent's systems further - and much of it passes through Tajikistan."