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Drug Traffic Remains as U.S. Nears Afghanistan Exit
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Prospects for reducing opium cultivation in Afghanistan do not look good even with the poor opium harvest in 2012. Experts say farmers have few alternatives and will go back to planting an even larger crop in future years.
The drug aspects of the Afghanistan war raising corruption and insurgent financing issues create an intractable situation.
07/27/2008
Aspects of war, government, foreign involvement, that complicate the situation with opium farming and drugs injected into the picture.
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The Afghan war's and the stories of Schweich and Rory on the complication added by opium farming and general antiforeign sentiment.
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Opium farming in the south is supported by the politicians including Karzai and Afghan sentiment generally is against foreigners just as more troops are sought on the ground and in the USA the war is getting politicized for personal advantage by Presidential candidates who do not understand fully what is going on .
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Prospects of the efforts to reduce opium cultivation and drug traffic in Afghanistan 2012-2014
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The prospects of the anti-opium efforts in Afghanistan do not look good even with the poor harvest in 2012. Experts say farmers will return to planting larger crops in future years with the lack of serious alternatives.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 01/16/2014
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New York Times 10/26/2014
Tasked With Combating Opium, Afghan Officials Profit From It
New York Times 02/15/2016
Penetrating Every Stage of Afghan Opium Chain, Taliban Become a Cartel
New York Times 02/16/2016
Drug Traffic Remains as U.S. Nears Afghanistan Exit
New York Times 05/26/2012
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