Aaron Huey: The Afghanistan Drug War
October 30th, 2008 by Alex
Aaron Huey is a guy who can take some seriously good photographs. Best known for his Walk Across America, Aaron has been all over the Middle East - Pakistan, Georgia, Iraq, Afghanistan and others - covering items of cultural and political significance.
His 37 picture photo-set titled ‘Afghanistan Drug War‘ is of particular beauty. Here’s how Aaron describes it:
These images show poppy eradication in Nangarhar Province, East ofJalalabad and also outside Tarin Kowt, in Oruzgan Province.
Since his site is flash, I can’t link directly to the feature, so here’s the navigation path:
Homepage -> Features 1 -> Afghanistan Drug War
Go check it out and see the how a country most of us can’t pinpoint on a map heavily affects heroin production around the world.
Oh yea, all of Aaron’s images are available as limited edition prints in the following sizes - 11×14, 16×20, 20×24, 30×40 - and range from $500 to $4000. If you’ve got good taste, and plenty of spare cash, get in contact with him.
[image copyright Aaron Huey]
Afghanistan, Global Drug Free Market
October 6th, 2008 by Perry
As we watch perhaps more poorly executed Bush foreign policy go by the wayside, I honestly wish saying, “I told you so,” was more satisfying.
Not only did his search for Osama in the wrong country come up not surprisingly, empty-handed. But apparently Hamid Karzai, the leader of the provincial government over there, has begun storing heroin and trafficking it using state resources.
