Afghanistan Army Ready, or Not?

Courtesy of: The Guardian at Youtube.com

Afghan Power struggle: Poppy KingPins vs. Goverment?

Video courtesy of: Youtube.com / AlJazeeraEnglish

Karzai excited about Iranian help?

Karzai pic from: PressTV

Well everyone I'm back, sorry about the lapse in updates but a serious staph infection has kept me a little busy, but I'm a trooper and its time to get down to business. Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced that he was hopeful for Afghanistan with the help of Iran for reconstruction. Conversely Iran will become integral in destroying the drug trade currently being produced by their neighboring nation. Iran's interest comes after a devastating percentage of their own population becoming addicted to Afghan Heroin. While Karzai is overtly pro American and says he has strong anti Drug policies, his own brother has been named as one of the top drug lords by many inside sources. Some also attribute the successful protection of Karzai against terrorist assassination is due to his brother's involvement with the heroin trade, which is by the way the #1 form of revenue production funding terrorism. Let's hope Karzai is on the up and up...

Coalition soldiers trekking down the Silk Road

Courtesy of: The White House

New and potent form of heroin

Photo and Info from: guardian.co.uk


I wish we could have just opium. But with 350 laboratories [Afghan drug producers] are converting opium to heroin and crystal," he said. Crystal is a particularly pure form of heroin also known in Iran as "crack". This is according to Iran's deputy foreign minister, Mehdi Safari. I this new easily smokable form of heroin is fast becoming the dominant way of drug abuse in Iran. No longer do addicts in Iran need to inject powder heroin to produce the same dangerous high. The rate of addiction is on the rise due to those who once feared disease from needles.

Afghan Refugees trapped along the border

Pic from :http://news.bbc.co.uk/
This is yet another example of the difficult circumstances that both Iran and Afghanistan face. To the right, is a picture of Afghan refugees camping along the border's of Iran. Unfortunately this scene is not unique and we could take a million other pictures of similar living conditions for each Afghan citizen trapped between a country who can't support the influx of refugees (Iran, Pakistan), and a home that may no longer exist...(Afghanistan)

Corruption and Chaos: Human and Drug Trafficking leaking into Iran

Hey guys this is my first blog post ever, and I am really excited to share my thoughts and hear your responses. As you may or may not know I am trying to bring awareness of the growing problem of heroin and human trafficking along the Silk Road, and leaking into Iran's borders from Afghanistan. Hopefully I can learn, and inform about how this crisis is affecting both Middle-Eastern Countries. I'll be updating soon, till then à bientôt (Good Day)!