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As opium prices soar and allies focus on Taliban, Afghan drug war stumbles

15.1.11

As opium prices soar and allies focus on Taliban, Afghan drug war stumbles: "KABUL - After several years of steady progress in curbing opium poppy cultivation and cracking down on drug smugglers, Afghan officials say the anti-drug campaign is flagging as opium prices soar, farmers are lured back to the lucrative crop and Afghanistan's Western allies focus more narrowly on defeating the Taliban."

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