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Afghanistan
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Transnational
Issues in Afghanistan
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Disputes
- international:
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Pakistan
has built fences in some portions of
its border with Afghanistan which
remains open in some areas to foreign
terrorists and other illegal
activities
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Refugees
and internally displaced persons:
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IDPs:
132,246
(mostly Pashtuns and Kuchis displaced
in south and west due to drought and
instability) (2007)
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Illicit
drugs:
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world's
largest producer of opium; poppy cultivation
decreased 22% to 157,000 hectares in 2008
but remains at a historically high level;
less favorable growing conditions in 2008
reduced potential opium production to 5,500
metric tons, down 31 percent from 2007; if
the entire opium crop were processed, 648
metric tons of pure heroin potentially could
be produced; the Taliban and other
antigovernment groups participate in and
profit from the opiate trade, which is a key
source of revenue for the Taliban inside
Afghanistan; widespread corruption and
instability impede counterdrug efforts; most
of the heroin consumed in Europe and Eurasia
is derived from Afghan opium; vulnerable to
drug money laundering through informal
financial networks; regional source of
hashish (2008)
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