Afghan Rug War

The secret story of how america lost the drug war with the taliban.

Afghan rug war.

فرش جنگی farš jangi tradition of afghanistan has its origins in the decade of soviet occupation of afghanistan from 1979 and has continued through the subsequent military political and social conflicts. Afghan war rug d5038. By november 2001 and with the start of the afghan war the collapse of the economy and the scarcity of other sources of revenue forced many of the country s farmers to resort to growing opium for export 1 300 km 2 or 500 sq mi in 2004 according to the un office on drugs and crime. This may well be the main reason for why the afghan war continues despite the patent incongruities and presidential vows to end it.

The cultural story gold s rug tells is only the beginning. Opium is woven deeply into the fabric of the conflict in afghanistan now the longest war in american history. The big advantage from drug business is that the finances are off the books and therefore not subject to congressional oversight. Since the soviet invasion of afghanistan in 1979 the country s war rugs have featured not only images of the instruments of war but.

Afghan taliban awash in heroin cash a troubling turn for war the taliban are increasingly refining their own opium rather than exporting its ingredients lifting their profits and giving them. Afghan rug makers began incorporating the apparatus of war into their designs almost immediately after the soviet union invaded their country. In december 2001 a number of prominent afghans met in bonn germany under un auspices to develop a plan to. The profits from the heroin it produces are used to fund.

Size 138 x 108 cm 4 6 x 3 7. It is a vital source of finance for the cia and other us intelligence agencies. The war rug pashto. A booming heroin industry.