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2009-09-04 Afghanistan

Hard times for Afghan opium farmers as price falls, risks rise

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Posted by trailing wife 2009-09-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "One seventh of what it used to be? That's an awful lot of former jihadis now on the dole."

The numerator, the amoung of opium produded, hasnt gone down that much. The denominator, the rest of the Afghan economy, has grown. In 2002 there wasnt much of an afghan economy at all. In 2009, despite all the hand wringing, the nonopium piece of the afghan economy has grown a lot IIUC, esp in the north and west.

Posted by liberal hawk 2009-09-04 10:18|| 2009-09-04 10:18|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm ashamed. Usually I don't miss the really obvious stuff.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-09-04 15:03|| 2009-09-04 15:03|| Front Page Top

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