Opium Nation
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Opium Nation

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Opium NationWhen she was just nine years old, Fariba Nawa and her family fled Afghanistan, escaping the Soviet invasion, the last proxy of the Cold War. She settled in the United States and did not return to her homeland until 2000, after nearly two decades in exile. The country she found upon her return was dramatically different than the Afghanistan of her youth, and she saw firsthand that the reality for most Afghans was now grim. Nawa was particularly struck

When she was just nine years old, Fariba Nawa and her family fled Afghanistan, escaping the Soviet invasion, the last proxy of the Cold War. She settled in the United States and did not return to her homeland until 2000, after nearly two decades in exile. The country she found upon her return was dramatically different than the Afghanistan of her youth, and she saw firsthand that the reality for most Afghans was now grim. Nawa was particularly struck when she met a twelve-old-girl bartered as a bride to settle her father's opium debt. With connections to both American officials and ex-pats as well as her Afghan relatives and friends, Nawa embarked on a journey across the country to investigate the drug trade that has come to define so much of Afghanistan's economy and society.

In Opium Nation, Nawa delivers a searing account of the opium business, worth billions of dollars worldwide. She travels across Afghanistan gathering remarkable stories of people, while also reflecting on the bitter changes which have come to pass in the land of her ancestors after decades of war. Along the way she encounters poppy farmers, betrayed and abandoned women and children, drug lords, smugglers, addicts, and a sundry of characters that give students a daring and insightful picture of a volatile country whose future and security is of grave importance to America.--Firoozeh Dumas, author of Laughing Without an Accent and Funny in Farsi

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 11/08/2011
ISBN: 9780061934704
Pages: 358
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.33w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/08/2011
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2011
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