Michel Chossudovsky Global Research 5th April, 2004 Since the US led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, the Golden Crescent opium trade has soared. According to the US media, this lucrative contraband is protected by Osama, the Taliban, not to mention, of course, the regional warlords, in defiance of the “international community”. The heroin … Continue reading The Spoils of War:Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade