Media reports indicate that Gadoon (Gadoon Amazai) is an opium-producing region in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) (Xinhua 31 May 1998; DWS 16 Jan. 1999; IPS 3 October 1996). No reports of a Gadoon tribe in either Afghanistan or Pakistan could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Dawn Wire Service (DWS). 16 January 1999. Irfan Husain. "What Scares Away Investors." http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Saserials/Dawn/1999/16Jan99.html [Accessed 21 July 2000]

Inter Press Service (IPS). 3 October 1996. Amir Mir. "Pakistan: Avoiding Getting Hooked to Narcotics." (NEXIS)

The Xinhua News Agency. 31 May 1998. Xu Yuenai and Hu Fang. "News Analysis: Surmounting Drug Problem, Arduous Task Facing Pak Government." (NEXIS)

Afghanistan: A Country Study. 1986

Afghanistan: A Nation of Minorities. February 1992.

Encyclopedia of Islam. 1986

Ethnologue. 13th ed. 1996.

The Great Game Revisited. 1987.

IRB databases.

LEXIS-NEXIS.

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica.

World Directory of Minorities. 1990, 1997.

World Minorities. Vol. 1 (1977), Vol. 2 (1978)

World News Connection (WNC).

One oral source contacted.

Internet sites including:

Afghan Daily News.

Afghan Media.

Afghan News

Afghan Online Press

Afghanistan News Service

britannica.com

Centre for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS).

Human Rights Internet (HRI).

Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE).

Minority Rights Group International.

Minorities at Risk Project.

Online Centre for Afghan Studies.

UK Home Office country assessments.