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Photos: Afghanistan’s drug war

by Steve Chao @stevechaosc May 6, 2015 3:18PM ET

Cultivation of Afghanistan’s poppy crop is thriving as ill-equipped law enforcement agencies try to police trafficking

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Nasrullah Khan, Kandahar's deputy of counternarcotics, inspects a cache of seized opium and heroin. Despite thousands arrests of traffickers, he says the drug trade continues to grow in Afghanistan. Steve Chao / Al Jazeera
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A poppy field in full bloom in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Steve Chao / Al Jazeera
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An angry farmer approaches a team of Afghan police during an operation to destroy poppy fields in Zhari, Afghanistan. Steve Chao / Al Jazeera
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A police officer destroying a poppy field in southern Afghanistan. Steve Chao / Al Jazeera
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Laila Hadari, left, an Afghan filmmaker who helps heroin addicts, arranges for the body of a man, suspected of overdosing, to be taken away in Kabul, Afghanistan. Steve Chao / Al Jazeera
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A poppy farmer in southern Afghanistan tends to a young crop. He said that he tried growing other crops like onions and wheat but poppy brings the largest financial returns, which helps support his family of 10. Steve Chao / Al Jazeera

 

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