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Word: musikalia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2008-2008
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...missing opium is a mystery so far, but international drug- and law-enforcement agencies say they believe the Taliban has begun to stockpile large quantities of the drug, which is worth about $464,000 per ton once it is exported from Afghanistan. When British forces recently occupied Musikalia in Helmand province, they uncovered a stockpile of 45 tons of opium. But that's a tiny fraction of what has disappeared. "Where is it? We have been asking," says Antonio Maria Costa, head of the U.N. drug office. He recently appealed to NATO forces and Western intelligence officers to launch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Taliban Stockpiling Opium? And If So, Why? | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

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