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4/12/07 - 4/15/07
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Opium Harvest in Helmand
--IWPR (Record breaking harvests and cheap prices have turned Afghan opium into a buyer's market, actually forcing the government to intervene on behalf of the farmers. There is no mention in this article of where the majority of the opium and opium profits are going once they leave the country, but the IWPR is providing excellent on-the-ground reporting on the evolving situation in Helmand.)
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4/10/07 - 4/11/07
4/7/07 - 4/9/07
4/5/07 - 4/6/07
4/2/07 - 4/4/07
"I discovered in my conversations with government, U.N. and even NATO officials that, yes, part of the increase is due to the Taliban nudging farmers to keep growing their illicit crops because it funds insurgency operations. But there's more.
More than one government insider said corruption in the Afghan government and links to the criminal drug trade have grown so strong, Afghanistan is practically run by criminal gangs."
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