The modified seeds, while not genetically engineered, were selectively bred to produce poppies with lower alkaloid content.

The Washington Post revealed the CIA secretly dropped modified poppy seeds over Afghanistan for a decade to weaken its opium ...

In a decade-long secret operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over ...

Introduction The world of high-stakes diplomacy has always been shrouded in secrecy, but the WikiLeaks document releases ...

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress captures stories of American life and military service. Learn ...

As the US troops departed Afghanistan in August 2021, they destroyed more than 70 aircraft, dozens of armoured vehicles and disabled air defences before flying out of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai ...

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai renewed his call for reopening girls’ schools and universities, emphasizing that ...

Afghan evacuees who feared for their lives after the Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021 now fear for their lives here in ...

Women in Afghanistan are being forced to undergo so-called virginity tests, more than two years after a law requiring consent ...

Cheney, seen here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in 2008, served as George W. Bush’s number two during troubled wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ...

Dick Cheney, who became one of the most powerful vice presidents in US history as George W. Bush’s number two during 9/11 and ...