The other flows from opium trafficking supported by the Taliban ... The ensuing decade-long war between the Soviets and the U.S.-backed mujahideen claimed farm-to-market roads, irrigation canals ...

"When China blocked the British opium trade ... American ships during the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s. "Along with forced conscription of American sailors into the British Navy, the ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote ... Aung Hla agreed. With the war, he said, "we don't have any choice." ...

resembling a 'reverse' scenario of the Opium Wars in the mid-1800s that weakened China's global position, according to a report from Radio Free Asia (RFA). The Tribune, now published from ...

Displaced and desperate - Myanmar's opium production was previously second ... Aung Hla agreed. With the war, he said, "we don't have any choice".