This landing page features a new series of Commons Library briefings on the policies, capabilities and programmes of the nuclear weapon states.
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Afghanistan and narcotics: Opium poppy cultivation trends, 2001 - 2009 (243 KB, PDF)
This note examines the scale of the opium problem in Afghanistan and analyses recent trends in opium production in the country, including the latest figures published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in August 2008 and its forecast for 2009, published in February 2009. It also outlines the linkages between the narcotics trade and the Taliban insurgency.
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Afghanistan and narcotics: Opium poppy cultivation trends, 2001 - 2009 (243 KB, PDF)
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The Government has created a new visa for people from Hong Kong with British National (Overseas) status. The five year visa will enable BN(O)s and their dependent family members to live, work and study in the UK, and give them a route to permanent settlement and British citizenship. It launches on 31 January.
