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...right," says the farmer. "But we need more security. We need a military checkpoint where the Taliban stop us. Why don't you soldiers push more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treading Water in Opium Country | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

...soon?" asks the farmer. "Five days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treading Water in Opium Country | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

...encouraging him to take a stronger leadership role. He gives Raziq money, flour and oil to pass out to the villagers that have returned. Today, he has asked Raziq to convene a shura, or meeting, with the village elders. En route to the gathering, Shervington encounters another farmer tending to his opium harvest. "Last time you brought us shoes as gifts and it made big problems for us," Ghulam Madin tells the major. "The Taliban came and took them away. We had to promise not to take anything from the British forces. This time if we take the gifts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treading Water in Opium Country | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

...farmer is unimpressed. "Now that you have come here, the Taliban will use my compound to fire at you. I can't tell them no, because they will say I am collaborating with you. But you will fire on my compound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treading Water in Opium Country | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

...will come down to the green zone and fight, and you will win," the farmer concedes. "But you will win only for one hour. Then you will go back to your base. The Taliban will return. You have to fight the Taliban for more than one hour, you have to push them back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treading Water in Opium Country | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

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