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  • [Afghanistan] Alternative cash crops to opium have little attraction for farmers in rural Afghanistan.
  • [Afghanistan] In a village in Badakshan villages beg eradicators to leave their crops.
  • [Afghanistan] About 10 kg of opium makes 1 g of heroin.
    Opium and heroin from Afghanistan is travelling to North America via West Africa
  • [Afghanistan] Harvesters have to scrape off the sap from every poppy up to 7 times.
  • Bitter-Sweet Harvest: Afghanistan's New War - IRIN Web Special on the threat of opium to Afghanistan and the region.
  • [Iraq] Iraq's Minister for Education.
  • An old farmer pleads with soldiers during while they eradicate his poppy field, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2 August 2004. Kandahar is one of the major poppy-growing provinces in a country that continues to produce the majority of the world's illicit heroin.
  • Afghanistan government-led eradication teams slash down poppy during harvest, Afghanistan, 2 August 2004. The interim government is trying to fight opium growth in Afghanistan but it faces a lot of opposition from the farmers .
  • [Afghanistan] Kabul has an estimated 30,000 opium addicts.
  • [Afghanistan] A farmer displays some of his raw opium.
  • The poppy capsule which is harvested, Afghanistan, 2 August 2004. As soon as the capsule is lanced the heroin sap starts to emerge. The botanical name for opium poppy is 'Papaver somniferum'. According to historians it was Genghis Khan, the 13th century M
    The poppy capsule, Afghanistan, 2 August 2004
  • A farmer displaying poppy capsule, Afghanistan, 2 August 2004. Each poppy capsule can be lanced 6 or 7 times. Agfhanistan is the biggest producer of illicit heroin.
  • [Swaziland] Trucking industry is set to increase the price of food and all other goods that move by road.
    Trucking industry hit hard by AIDS pandemic
  • [Eritrea] Pirjo Dupuy - Country Representative, UNHCR, Eritrea.
    Pirjo Dupuy, UNHCR country representative, Eritrea.
  • [Afghanistan] Young girl harvesting opium resin.
    Young girl harvesting opium resin
  • [Afghanistan] Is opium bleeding Afghanistan of its chances of democracy?
    Is opium bleeding Afghanistan of its chances of democracy?
  • [Afghanistan] "It is a curse..it is a beautiful flower: the flower of death."
    Many destitute women in Afghanistan rely on opium farming to feed themselves and their families
  • [Afghanistan] Mr Mirwais Yasini. Head of Counter Narcotics Directorate.
    Mr Mirwais Yasini. Head of Counter Narcotics Directorate
  • [Afghanistan] Mr Antonio Maria Costa. Executive Director UN Office of Drugs and Crime.
    Mr Antonio Maria Costa. Executive Director UN Office of Drugs and Crime
  • [Afghanistan] Opium production is forbidden by Islamic religious law.
  • [Afghanistan] Afghan farmer weighing opium paste.
    Un fermier afghan pèse de la pâte d’opium
  • [Afghanistan] Afghanistan tries to recover after 24 years of civil war.
  • [Afghanistan] Farmers imploring eradicators to leave their crops.
  • [Afghanistan] Law enforcement of the opium ban is weak.
  • [Afghanistan] Family members look on as eradication teams go to work in Badakshan.
  • [Afghanistan] Confiscated opium paste being destroyed.
  • [Afghanistan] Stop & Search interdiction teams checking cars leaving Kabul.
  • [Afghanistan] Two addicts 'chasing the dragon' in Kabul.
  • [Pakistan] Afghan refugees using opium in Pakistan.
  • [Senegal] Fish market in Dakar, Senegal.
    Marché de poisson à Dakar
  • [Turkmenistan] An elderly Tajik refugee in Babadurmaz.
  • [Afghanistan] Two members of the governor-led eradication teams in Badakshan.
    Two members of the governor-led eradication teams in Badakshan

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