The other flows from opium trafficking supported by the Taliban ... Actual cultivation of poppy shows up in Afghanistan's recorded history about 300 years ago. It was a crop well suited to ...

Still, Ghosh’s impressive history of the opium industry is an ... Britain contrived an excuse to attack. The first Opium War lasted four years, and when it ended, the opium trade continued ...

The Chinese resisted the opium trade. This led to war, after the Chinese destroyed all the British opium in China. The Chinese army and navy were no match for the British navy. As a result of ...

History confirms the present, destructive militaristic culture of the US-led Atlantic alliance stands on the shoulders of ...

"The history of opium trading here makes this area ... the KMT's rival in the 1967 opium war. The two sides began fighting because Khun Sa refused to pay the KMT's tax for opium transit.

On 1 October 1868 King Mongkut – who reigned as Rama IV – passed away having trod a delicate course to keep Thailand free of ...

In the mid-1840's, following defeat by Britain in the first Opium War, a series of natural catastrophes ... The only ethnic group in the history of the United States to have been specifically ...

This state-run trade was achieved largely through two wars, which forced ... production and consumption. Opium-addicted parrots 'wreak havoc' for farmers The dark history behind India and the ...

What do the Olympic Games, World War One Tanks, Henry VIII and opium have in common? The answer is that they make for a fascinating journey for Matthew Pinsent as he delves into his family's ...

Diplomatic agreements are a part of the history of war ... Kong to the British for 99 years in the aftermath of the First Opium War, which ended in 1842. This model could allow for a new ...

After supply chain disruptions that made critical medicines scarce, a federal effort is underway to ensure domestic stocks of ...