Drug Lords Invited to Invest at Home
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From Times Wire Reports
Powerful drug lords are being encouraged to invest their illegally earned profits in the war-shattered country, said the governor of Helmand, the nation’s top opium growing province.
The offer, which had no takers, came amid warnings of another bumper poppy crop that will fuel a booming narcotics trade that accounts for 35% of the nation’s income.
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