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Opium Economy: How crucial it is towards Afghanistan
February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Violet Wang
Opium has unique meanings in Afghanistan, where it stands for the core of a large drug driven economy and the origin of most of the world supply, which in turn becomes a cash machine for insurgents in the country.
Afghanistan’s narco-economy has grown for more than seven years since the overthrow of the Taliban [...]
