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Lara Logan (CBS) on al Qaeda and Afghanistan
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drugs:

the unwinnable US 'war' on them.

people's want/need for them.

the land in Afghanistan where they grow.

opium and hash and heroin.

http://www.indexmundi.com/afghanistan/il...drugs.html

Illicit drugs: world's largest producer of opium; while poppy cultivation was relatively stable at 119,000 hectares in 2010, a poppy blight affecting the high cultivation areas in 2010 reduced potential opium production to 3,200 metric tons, down over 40 percent from 2009; the Taliban and other antigovernment groups participate in and profit from the opiate trade, which is a key source of revenue for the Taliban inside Afghanistan; widespread corruption and instability impede counterdrug efforts; most of the heroin consumed in Europe and Eurasia is derived from Afghan opium; vulnerable to drug money laundering through informal financial networks; regional source of hashish (2008)
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Re: Lara Logan (CBS) on al Qaeda and Afghanistan - by decay - 10-11-2012, 03:59 PM

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