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An Afghan opium farmer stands next to his poppy field
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Open quoteThe catalog of casualties by Afghan narcotics is gruesome.Close quote

  • ANTONIO MARIA COSTA,
  • executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, in a report warning about the growing opium trade between Afghanistan and Russia
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