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		<title>Bitter Harvest: Meet the Filmmaker Director Chris Hilton</title>
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Afghan opium poppies



Filmmaker Chris Hilton discusses his experiences with the Afghan poppy farmers featured in BITTER HARVEST and the logistical vagaries of filming in this infrastructure-strapped region.

WIDE ANGLE: Can you tell us more about the Afghan poppy farmers in your film? Do they ever speak of the implications for Afghanistan of producing this plant and [...]]]></description>
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1979
Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. Mujahaddin cultivate opium to buy weapons.


1989
Afghanistan produces 35 percent of the world's opium.


1999
Afghanistan becomes the world's largest producer of opium.


2000
The Taliban outlaw opium poppy cultivation.


2001
During U.S. attacks on Afghanistan, farmers start planting opium poppies.


2002
The Afghan Interim Administration issues a ban on opium poppy cultivation.




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		<title>Bitter Harvest: Central Asia&#8217;s Opium Terrorists</title>
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A poppy farmer at work in Afghanistan.



 By Tamara Makarenko
August 22, 2002

 As the U.S. military build-up continues in Central Asia, one frequently overlooked factor in the region's stability demands attention. It is the link between Afghan opiates and terrorism. 

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