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A villager pours tea for U.S. soldiers during a meeting in Kharah in the Pech Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 8, 2009.
Monday, Jul. 19, 2010

Open quoteNot a single cup of black tea was drunk in Afghanistan.Close quote

  • SHABBAR ZAIDI,
  • a partner at a Karachi accounting firm, saying many tax-free goods supposedly meant for Afghanistan, including 50,000 tons of black tea imported last year, stay in Pakistan illegally. Afghans drink green tea
Photo: Tim Wimborne / Reuters | Source: NYT