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A record year for Afghan opium production.(Quick Quotes)(Afghanistan)(Brief article)

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"I think it's sale to say that we should be looking for a new strategy."

The failure of our nation's $600 million counternarcotics program designed to eradicate Afghanistan ' s opium production ...

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