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Marsipulami
27-10-02, 13:13
Afghaanse papaver bloeit sinds val Taliban als vanouds
Afghanistan opnieuw grootste opiumproducent ter wereld
Van onze redacteur

ROME/BRUSSEL (reuters, ap, eigen berichtgeving) -- Sinds de Taliban verdreven zijn, bloeien de papavervelden in Afghanistan weer als vanouds. Uit een kersvers VN-rapport blijkt dat Afghanistan, ondanks een gericht ontmoedigingsbeleid van de regering Karzai, zijn bedenkelijke leidersplaats van 's werelds grootste opiumproducent opnieuw heeft ingenomen. Het drugsbureau van de VN vraagt de internationale gemeenschap om steun om de Afghaanse boeren te overhalen andere gewassen te telen.

De cijfers uit het sinds 1990 jaarlijkse Afghanistan-rapport van het bureau voor drugs- en misdaadbestrijding van de Verenigde Naties (ODCCP), spreken boekdelen. In 2001, onder het bewind van de Taliban die de teelt sterk aan banden legden, leverden 8.000 hectare papavervelden een opiumproductie van 185 ton op. De corresponderende resultaten voor 2002, mee dank zij de goede weersomstandigheden: 3.400 ton opium, gekweekt op 74.000 hectare. Een score waarmee Afghanistan nog niet zijn record van 1999 -- 91.000 hectare en 4.600 ton, goed voor de bevoorrading van 70 % van het mondiale verbruik -- evenaarde, maar wel opnieuw de grootste opiumproducent ter wereld werd. Voor het verzamelen van de gegevens werden onder meer satellietbeelden gebruikt.

In een gesprek met De Standaard enkele weken geleden in Brussel had ODCCP-directeur Antonio Maria Costa deze cijfers off the record al voorspeld en meteen ook geduid. ,,Concluderen dat de nieuwe Afghaanse regering van president Karzai in haar anti-drugspolitiek compleet gefaald zou hebben, zou oneerlijk zijn'', aldus Maria Costa. ,,De oogst van 2002 werd reeds ingezaaid in de herfst van vorig jaar, in volle oorlog tussen de Taliban en de westerse anti-Al Qaeda-coalitie geleid door de VS. De papaverboeren konden profiteren van een machtsvacuüm. Pas in januari van dit jaar zette de nieuwe regering van Karzai haar ontmoedigingsbeleid op de sporen.''

Het opzet van die politiek is boeren proberen te overhalen ándere gewassen dan papaver te telen. Maria Costa: ,,Het probleem is dat je daar heel veel geld voor nodig hebt. Karzai belooft de Afghaanse papavertelers 350 dollar per acre (4000 m 2 ) die ze laten braak liggen. Maar met de kweek van papaver kunnen ze op jaarbasis verschillende duizenden dollars verdienen, afhankelijk van de prijs van opium op de wereldmarkt. De kweek van andere gewassen kan ook nooit zo lucratief zijn.''

Resultaat: voor het inzaaien van de oogst van volgend jaar, een operatie van de voorbije weken, negeerden heel veel boeren het kweekverbod. De boosdoeners zitten vooral geconcentreerd in vijf provincies: Helmand en Kandahar in het zuiden, Nangarhar in het oosten, Dadakhstan in het noorden en Uruzgan in het centrum van het land. Niet toevallig regio's waar lokale krijgsheren het centrale gezag vanuit Kaboel hardnekkig negeren.

ODCCP-directeur Antonia Maria Costa roept de internationale gemeenschap op om de Afghaanse regering in haar preventiepolitiek te steunen. ,,Vooral Europa, waar 66 % van het Afghaanse opium uiteindelijk terecht komt, is rechtstreeks betrokken partij'', aldus Maria Costa. ,,Het drugsprobleem aan de bron aanpakken is de meest efficiënte manier. De regering Karzai heeft financiële hulp nodig om efficiënte controle-instellingen op te richten en om de Afghaanse boeren een volwaardig alternatief te bieden om in hun levensonderhoud te voorzien.''

Maria Costa is hoopvol: ,,Kijk maar naar gelijkaardige inspanningen die onder meer in Pakistan en Thailand gebeurd zijn. Die landen zijn nu zo goed als opiumvrij. De plaatselijke regeringen en de internationale steun zorgden ervoor dat de boeren andere gewassen konden kweken, waarvoor ze een eerlijke prijs kregen en waarvoor nationale en internationale afzetmarkten op poten werden gezet. Gezien de omvang van de productie in Afghanistan en de taaie traditie zal een oplossing van het probleem wellicht meer tijd in beslag nemen. Maar de toestand verder laten ontaarden, zou alleen maar het drugsprobleem in de westerse samenlevingen doen toenemen.''

Hij bedoelt het niet cynisch, maar OCDDP-directeur Maria Costa bespeurt nog een andere ,,spontane'' oplossing voor het probleem van de papaverteelt in Afghanistan. ,,De toenemende productie van synthetische drugs, een spotgoed procédé, kan op termijn de marktprijs van opium fors doen dalen, waardoor de papaverkweek voor de Afghaanse boeren veel minder verleidelijk zou worden. Helaas maken die synthetische drugs bij de gebruikers ervan nog méér slachtoffers. Ook daar wil het OCDDP werk van maken. We plannen grote preventiecampagnes. En uiteraaard blijft er ook de repressieve poot om fabrikanten, trafikanten en dealers aan te pakken.''



26/10/2002 Frans Vandeputte

©Copyright De Standaard

Mark
27-10-02, 13:15
Het is mooi om te zien hoe alles wat groeit en bloeit ons altijd weer boeit!

I'mNumber1
27-10-02, 13:22
Geplaatst door Mark
Het is mooi om te zien hoe alles wat groeit en bloeit ons altijd weer boeit!

mooi gezegd .

Marsipulami
27-10-02, 13:22
Een tijdje geleden kreeg ik nog het hele prikbord over me heen toen ik zei dat de Taliban de productie van opium hadden bestreden. Van de Taliban mocht je alleen zeggen dat ze vrouwen onderdrukten. Andere uitspraken over de Taliban waren taboe in Nederland.

mulan
27-10-02, 13:23
Geplaatst door Mark
Het is mooi om te zien hoe alles wat groeit en bloeit ons altijd weer boeit!

Poetry....how touching :p

mulan
27-10-02, 13:25
Geplaatst door Marsipulami
Een tijdje geleden kreeg ik nog het hele prikbord over me heen toen ik zei dat de Taliban de productie van opium hadden bestreden. Van de Taliban mocht je alleen zeggen dat ze vrouwen onderdrukten. Andere uitspraken over de Taliban waren taboe in Nederland.

Ja typisch,mensen willen graag alles simpel houden,dus alles op de good-evil manier bekijken,maakt de wereld een stuk minder ingewikkeld.

Mark
27-10-02, 13:25
Geplaatst door Marsipulami
Een tijdje geleden kreeg ik nog het hele prikbord over me heen toen ik zei dat de Taliban de productie van opium hadden bestreden. Van de Taliban mocht je alleen zeggen dat ze vrouwen onderdrukten. Andere uitspraken over de Taliban waren taboe in Nederland.

Dat iedereen over je viel ligt niet aan de taliban maar aan het feit dat jij het zei ;)

Denk toch ook eens aan al die arme verslaafden, die Taliban drijven de prijzen op!!

Gelukkig vangt Nederland deze mensen op met een sterke synthetische drugs industrie! :giechel:

Shaheed
27-10-02, 13:26
Mooi zo 85% van de heroine die in Amerika gebruikt wordt komt uit Afghanistan , dit heeft meer effect dan aanslagen plegen in Amerika.

Mark
27-10-02, 13:27
Geplaatst door Shaheed
Mooi zo 85% van de heroine die in Amerika gebruikt wordt komt uit Afghanistan , dit heeft meer effect dan aanslagen plegen in Amerika.

Vergeet die fantastische nederlandse xtc pillen niet ;)

plexus
27-10-02, 13:31
...goede zaak..kwaliteit blijft gehandhaafd :fplet:

Sandwichspread
27-10-02, 13:32
Gebruikte iemand de productie van opium in afghanistan ook niet als een bijkomende reden om het land plat te bombarderen.

Met een oorlog voorkom je geen oorlog

plexus
27-10-02, 13:35
Geplaatst door Sandwichspread
Gebruikte iemand de productie van opium in afghanistan ook niet als een bijkomende reden om het land plat te bombarderen.

Met een oorlog voorkom je geen oorlog

je kan bombarderen wat je wilt, papaver plantje is hardnekkig!

Marsipulami
27-10-02, 13:38
Geplaatst door Sandwichspread
Gebruikte iemand de productie van opium in afghanistan ook niet als een bijkomende reden om het land plat te bombarderen.

Met een oorlog voorkom je geen oorlog

Klopt als een bus ik heb dat argument hier vaak zien gebruiken door de Nederlandse prikkers om de bombardementen mede te rechtvaardigen. De Taliban waren de grootste drugsproducenten volgens hen.

Victory
27-10-02, 14:30
Of het nou waar is of niet dat Taliban zelf een groot deel van de opium verkocht doet er niet toe. Wat wel zo is, is dat toen de taliban kwam de opium productie enorm omhoog ging. Iran wou zelfs een keer alle opium in Afganistan kopen van Taliban, en het dan allemaal in de fik steken. Omdat dat goedkoper uit zou komen dan de kosten van de bestrijding. :jammer: Dat zou 5000 miljard rial gekost hebben, de de kosten van de bestrijding zijn 9000 miljard rial per jaar.


20 Years of War Against Drugs in Iran has Left More Than 5000 Dead in Shootouts, 5000 Executions, 2500 Martyrs and Two Million Addicts
Payame Emrooz; Economic, Cultural & Social (Monthly)
Dec. 2000, No. 42
By: Kamal Aqaie
Pages: 90 - 92
Word Count: 3100

Summary: Some 2000 kilometers of Iran's common border with Afghanistan and Pakistan are constantly invaded by illegal drug smugglers from these two countries, especially from Afghanistan.



During the last 20 years, nearly 2500 Iranian anti-drug squad police were martyred fighting in the drug trade. Moreover, approximately 5000 smugglers have been killed in armed shootouts during the same period and another 5000 executed by authorities in relation to their crimes. Despite all the efforts however, addiction and smuggling are still a major and substantial problem for our country.



Text: The addiction crisis as it is called is a problem related to Iran's 2000-km long common border with Afghanistan and Pakistan and the 5000 ton per year opium production in Afghanistan. In the last year alone, 307,000 people were arrested and 263 tons of illicit drugs were confiscated in this war against drugs effort. The addiction dilemma is so widespread that 30 percent of the annual budget of the security forces, 60 percent of the budget of prisons organization and 70 percent of the activities and cases of the revolutionary courts is somehow connected to the effort against drugs and addiction.




Years ago, Iran was considered an opium growing country. After the Islamic Revolution victory cultivation of opium was halted. The production of opium was based on an agreement with the United Nations in which Iran and four other countries namely Australia, Turkey, Spain and France were permitted to produce opium for medicinal purposes.



In 1981-1982 the Iranian government gave drug addicts a six- month period to quit their addiction. Specific drug rehabilitation clinics and medical facilities were designated for addicts to receive treatment for up to 10 days of extended treatment. The prescribed medicine for addicts during that period was Methadone Syrup for 10 consecutive days and then the patients were sent for testing. According to medical experts, the above method is not acceptable or approved in other places in the world and most of the patients cheated when they went for testing in order to hide their addictions.



The authorities who had become aware that the used procedure was ineffective started to utilize another method. A method which later became known as "Torture-Treatment" or "Water-Treatment". But in effect there really was not any torture involved. The patients were forced to run and exercise and since they were physically unfit, naturally they would run out of breath after a very short span and drop to the ground. The officials would then throw water on them by hoses or other means so they would get up and continue running and exercising. After a few months when the addicts were rehabilitated, they would be let go.



Experts say that the number of addicts who quit their drug addiction habit for good through the above mentioned method are indeed quite small. The patients would start their drug use as soon as they were freed and would revert to their previous predicament.



This method continued for several years and because the addicts were considered criminals and not sent for medical treatment as often and hence the false appearance that the number of addicts had decreased. But in reality the number might have even increased.



After this method another method called Val Adiyat was utilized in which addicts would be picked up from the streets and sent to forced boot-camps for three or four months in the hope of rehabilitating them. This latter method was inspired from an American system. The Americans keep the patients under physician care for two consecutive months and thereafter for two years to boot camps. Medical care on those patients would continue even after that two-year period.



Dr. Hassan Ashayeri, neurologist and university professor believes that an addict should be under medical observation for at least five years due to the fact that a long period is needed for an addict to become used to his new condition and his or her dependency on drugs is lifted.



After the Iran-Iraq War ended and the officials started to shift their attention and priority to other issues, one of the most significant problems and quandaries of our society was widespread and prevalent drug addiction.



Various solutions and methods were proposed by various organizations and authorities. Eventually the solution proposed by the Expediency Council was adopted. Legislation was passed and went into effect whereby addicts were given six months to quit their drug habit and in the event that they did not, they would be accordingly prosecuted. The death penalty was adopted for smugglers. It was assumed that this hard-line and no-tolerance policy would reduce the addiction rate in the country.



This program was used for ten years with less than satisfactory results. Eventually another method was adopted where an addict was no longer branded as a felon but instead a patient. It was determined that the addicts should go to special rehabilitation centers, which was scheduled to be set up. Those centers were not established on a wide scale as promised and the patients could not proceed to the very limited existing centers on a large-scale basis.



12 years ago very strict and uncompromising measures were adopted against addicts and smugglers, but it does not appear to have eased the situation, reduced addiction or smuggling and all utilized methods seem to have failed and many officials now talk about a dead end in the process of fighting drug abuse in this country. Until a while back, this sort of discussion about failure and dead end was only in the private and absolutely not public.



Frank and open mention of this huge problem began when Hojj. Zam, the new head of the Arts and Cultural Organization of Tehran Municipality told the press that on a daily basis some 5 tons of illicit drugs are used in Tehran alone. He moreover talked about the decreasing age of drug abusers and their widespread use in schools.



Previously the anti-drug officials in the country had remained silent on this issue. Hojj. Zam who is also in charge of the Cultural Affairs in the Islamic Publicity Organization is well known for his frankness and candor. His views and comments are usually widely reported and always interesting.




When his statements were published in the media, various organizations tried to respond. The Anti-Drug Committee was the first relevant institution to reply and called the statistics by Hojj. Zam false and inaccurate. Their argument being if in a city like Tehran with a population of 12 million some 5 tons of illegal drugs are consumed on a daily basis, then we have to presume that in a country like Iran with 60 million people living in it, 5 times the above number equal to 25 tons of drugs are consumed everyday and the annual consumption rate would be a staggering 9125 tons.



It is worth mentioning that the total annual production of opium in the region (Afghanistan and Pakistan) is around 4500 tons. The statistics offered by the Anti-Drug Committee concerning yearly opium consumption in Iran was 730 tons.



Another official who reacted to Hojj. Zam's remarks was Rahim Ebadi, Deputy Education Minister. He said the number of student addicts in the country was only 1400 in addition to a further 2300 students who sold and distributed the stuff.



Some people lost their cool and demanded that Hojj. Zam apologize to the public for his accusations but his comments had already caused considerable harm damage. Afterwards, new findings, statements and disclosures surfaced seemingly everyday.



Seyed Mahmood Alizadeh Tabatabaie, a member of the Tehran City Council and the former Representative of the President in the Anti-Drug Committee talked about the selling of opium in pharmacies and drugstores. He made the following proposal: "We have to regulate the trade and undertake distribution for the elderly and the sick by coupons or prescriptions and on the other hand implement controls for discouraging the public at large on using and abusing the drug."



He stressed that our efforts in combating drug use and distribution in the country have thoroughly failed and we have to realize this fact. Therefore, it is more logical that through a controlled and limited system, the government itself distribute the substance to eligible consumers. This course of action would reduce the drug smuggling trade to a bare minimum and furthermore implement control as far as transit is concerned.



This unusual and startling proposal was strongly reacted to by some anti-drug officials in the country. One of the security officials made the criticism that by implementing such a policy the immorality and indecency of drug use would disappear in the society. Mohammad Fallah, Secretary of the Anti-Drug Committee spoke about the pre-revolution experience during which the coupons reserved for the elderly opium addicts was being used by 20 something and even younger folks.

Victory
27-10-02, 14:31
In reply to these criticisms, Alizadeh says, "This proposal is related to the disastrous and deplorable prevalent crisis. First of all, unlike alcoholic beverages, drug substances have never been banned by Islamic canon laws and moreover the social immorality and indecency of opium use is minor and negligible.



"It should be noted that we made quite a bit of effort to convince the jurisprudents as far as issuing a ruling on banning drug use, however the jurisprudents are acting carefully and cautiously on this matter. Furthermore, I am not claiming that the regulated distribution of opium through coupons is a moral or an exemplary act but it is certainly preferable to the current disaster that we have on our hands."



Afghanistan's annual opium production is approximately 5000 tons, which is almost entirely transited through Iran. Alizadeh proposes that Iran should buy the opium from the Taliban and then furnish the substance to other countries.



At least we take the smugglers out of the picture and completely ruin their business. 5000 tons of opium is worth around 2000 billion Rials. Even if we buy all of this opium and then burn the whole stock, the outcome is more suitable and desirable than the predicament we are now confronting and the 7000 billion Rials that we are annually spending fruitlessly and in vain on the war against drugs.



Even though monopoly is in principle a flawed economic and trade policy because it leads to price increases and discourages competition but as relates to opium, monopoly is an advantageous and beneficial tool and can bring consumption and distribution under the umbrella of the government. In this context and with consideration to the foregoing, we should immediately commence official talks and negotiations with the Taliban militia in Afghanistan and reach to a fair and equitable deal with them for the purchase of the entire opium production of that country in exchange for products such as wheat, oil, etc.



Notwithstanding the fact that the United Nations has predetermined 2008 as the year for the total elimination of all narcotics cultivation around the world, the statistics tell a different story. Afghanistan's opium production stood at about 400-500 tons per year in 1989. The above figure rocketed to more than 4000 tons in 1999. Some people believe the rate of production is even larger than announced. Out of this enormous amount, only around 200 tons are confiscated by Iranian security forces every year and the rest is either locally consumed or transited to other countries.



Concerning the number of addicts, the available statistics are contradictory. Official government statistics count the number of addicts at 2 million. Out of this figure 1.2 million are addicts and 800,000 are casual users. However, Mr. Alizadeh's views and statistics tell a different story. He says, "There is no question that the number of addicts is considerably more than the official figures. Even as we speak, there are more than 100,000 drug-pushers, smugglers and distributors who are incarcerated and in jail and at least several hundred thousand others who are free and not behind bars and conducting their business of selling narcotics. In the best of scenarios, we may be able to arrest only 10 percent of them and the remaining 90 percent continue unabated. If we pick a very conservative figure for a number of users that a dealer supplies, at least 5 or 6 would be a good bet. By a simple multiplication we reach a number way above 2 million and total annual domestic consumption of beyond 1000 tons.



The evidence points out to the sad truth that despite all the arrests, imprisonment and executions of smugglers and distributors, the number of addicts and users as well as the volume of production and distribution continues to increase every year. In 1979 there were a total of 5232 prisoners in Iran. That figure reached 155,600 in 1999, 60 percent of whom were narcotic related prisoners.



Based on numbers released by the Prisons Organization, out of the 5 million people who have suffered incarceration in the 20 years after the revolution, 2 million were narcotic related. Alizadeh Tabatabaie says that the true outrage and catastrophe lies in the numbers. The country's population in 1999 was estimated at 63 million, 23 million of whom were under 15 and most probably not yet tasted incarceration.



From the remaining 40 million, some 20 million are women, which constitute a very insignificant number of prisoners in the country (only 8000 in the entire country). There are another 20 million people left, 5 million of whom have suffered incarceration. That is a shocking 1 out of every 4 Iranians.



He considers the above statistics the result of unsuccessful policies and methods used during the last few years. He states, "We determined that prison would be proper revenge on addicts. From 1996-1998, about 1.5 million people have entered our prison system, approximately 1.3 million of which have been released. This latter statistic shows that jails and lockups have lost their deterrence. On the other hand, our prisons are extremely unclean and dirt. World accepted standards for each prisoner is 17 to 20 meters. Our prisons only allow 3 meters of space for every prisoner.



"Additionally, each prisoner costs the government nearly 400,000 Rials per month to keep locked-up. Unfortunately, our early revolutionary slogan that prisons should be transformed into universities has never been realized and instead our penitentiaries have turned into crime schools."



Other than the incarcerated, many have been executed. Anyone carrying more than 30 grams of heroine or 5 kilograms of opium would get the death penalty by the revolutionary courts. In a ten-year span more than 5000 people were executed. A further 2500 security personnel were also martyred in fighting drug smugglers. Also, 5000 drug-pushers were killed, as well.



It was believed that the death penalty sentence for smugglers would reduce narcotic use and distribution in society, but that did not happen. Mohammad Fallah, the Anti-Drug Committee Secretary says, "Execution and prison is only effective in the short-term and in small-scale. If done massively and in a large-scale it loses its deterrence and efficacy. We have more executions and drug finds than any other country in the world." Besides, based on a study performed by the Anti-Drug Committee, from a total of 1000 head (breadwinner) of families that have been executed, 780 of those families are under the protection of the relief committee.



A further 20,000 rulings of property confiscation have been issued during 1989-1995 with a total asset value of 2000 billion Rials.



Alizadeh Tabatabaie by noting the above numbers says, "An average of 100,000 Rials has been confiscated from each smuggler. This is clearly demonstrative of the haplessness and destitute of these criminals. These poor souls have been taken advantage of by organized crime Mafia type units who are making billions and billions out of the narcotics trade." Alizadeh mentions the inspection of some security officials from the Sistan & Baluchestan Province as an example, during which province authorities were complaining, about the lack of implementation of the death penalty in their province.



Thereupon, two of the death row inmates were randomly selected and it was decided to visit their homes and see their families. In one home, they encountered a 33 year old woman with 11 children, 9 of whom were girls. None of these kids had birth certificates. They did not have shoes and not even one of them had ever gone to school. In order to feed her children, the mother had to work at night in a construction site transporting bricks. The husband was caught transporting 100 kilogram of opium for less than a 10 million Rial reward. The second home the officials visited had two wives and 11 children living in it and the husband had been sentenced to death carrying 1200 grams of heroine.



The question of the cost of the war against drug trafficking in Iran has regrettably not been satisfactorily answered. The number of organizations and units who are somehow or other involved in the anti- narcotic and drug battle are too many and that is one of the principal reasons for the uncertainty and ambiguity in the expenditures. At the same time, the Chief of the Iranian Judiciary Hashemi Shahroudi, has spoken about a US$900 million cost for strengthening and fortifying the country's eastern borders and another US$200 million annually for fighting drug trafficking. Apparently this budget has been allocated without foreign aid or assistance.



Recently, the relevant officials have come to the conclusion that if the international community and or the United Nations do not financially and otherwise support and assist Iran's anti-drug effort, this country would give up its fight against illicit narcotic trafficking.



The Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami during a speech also stated that unless international organizations cooperate with Iran in its anti-narcotics effort, this country will not be able to continue its fight against drug running. Just a short while after the president's criticism, the UN pledged a US$120 million support toward its war against drugs. The drug control division of the UN under the name of "Norouz Project" made this financial assistance. The project will be implemented in four-year period in four separate phases. The first phase will be the fight against drug trafficking (Kourosh Project). The second phase will be reduction and presentation of narcotic use (Dariush Project). The third phase will be legal assistance in the anti-drug effort and the last and fourth phases shall be cooperation between various sections and division called the Perspolis Project.

Simon
27-10-02, 14:49
Geplaatst door Victory
Of het nou waar is of niet dat Taliban zelf een groot deel van de opium verkocht doet er niet toe. Wat wel zo is, is dat toen de taliban kwam de opium productie enorm omhoog ging.

Hoe kom je daar nou bij? Ook volgens officiële UN bronnen ging het juist aanzienlijk omlaag:
http://www.undcp.org/odccp/newsletter_2000-11-01_1_page006.html

Simon

Victory
27-10-02, 14:58
Geplaatst door Simon


Hoe kom je daar nou bij? Ook volgens officiële UN bronnen ging het juist aanzienlijk omlaag:
http://www.undcp.org/odccp/newsletter_2000-11-01_1_page006.html

Simon

in welke jaar kwam de taliban aan de macht?

Simon
27-10-02, 15:04
Nou in 1994 / 1995. Maar geleidelijk aan zijn ze er wel wat aan gaan doen om meer serieus genomen te worden door de internationale gemeenschap en juist in 2001 is de prodcuctie enorm afgenomen.

Simon

Victory
27-10-02, 15:09
Geplaatst door Simon
Nou in 1994 / 1995. Maar geleidelijk aan zijn ze er wel wat aan gaan doen om meer serieus genomen te worden door de internationale gemeenschap en juist in 2001 is de prodcuctie enorm afgenomen.

Simon

Afghanistan's opium production stood at about 400-500 tons per year in 1989. The above figure rocketed to more than 4000 tons in 1999. Some people believe the rate of production is even larger than announced.

Simon
27-10-02, 15:18
Geplaatst door Victory


Afghanistan's opium production stood at about 400-500 tons per year in 1989. The above figure rocketed to more than 4000 tons in 1999. Some people believe the rate of production is even larger than announced.

Maar het UNDCP rapport van 2000 geeft een reductie van 28% aan ten opzichte van de productie van 1999. Hetgeen een enorme afname is in het bestek van één jaar. Blair heeft de opium productie als argument genoemd om Afghanistran aan te vallen hetgeen ik om deze cijfers uit officiele bronnen een zwak argument vond.

Simon

Victory
27-10-02, 15:29
4600-28%=3312 Ton

1995 = 400 Ton
2000 = 3312 Ton

Toename van 2912 Ton.


2002 = 3.400 Ton

Toename van 88 Ton

88 Ton steld niks voor bij een toename van 3312 Ton

Simon
27-10-02, 15:58
Geplaatst door Victory
4600-28%=3312 Ton

1995 = 400 Ton
2000 = 3312 Ton

Toename van 2912 Ton.


2002 = 3.400 Ton

Toename van 88 Ton

88 Ton steld niks voor bij een toename van 3312 Ton

Nou dat vind ik kul aangezien ze pas één jaar met dat nieuwe beleid bezig waren en dan is 28% reductie veel. Het betekent in ieder geval dat de Taliban bereid waren hun beleid om te gooien en mee te werken met de UN om de productie te verminderen.

Ja niet dat ik zo gek ben op de Taliban maar wat dit betreft waren ze wel degelijk nieuw beleid aan het invoeren ...

Simon

Sandwichspread
27-10-02, 19:11
Ik heb ook inderdaad gelezen dat de productie onder Taliban regering aanzienlijk lager was dan onder VN (VS) regime.

(NRC, weekje geleden n.a.v. Rapport)