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Deaths Shine Light on DEA's Hidden War in Afghanistan

By Sharon WeinbergerNov 4th 2009 – 1:03PM

WASHINGTON (Nov. 4) -- War and drugs are inextricably linked in Afghanistan. On Oct. 19, a drug bazaar raid in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province uncovered not just drugs but materials for improvised explosive devices -- the weapon of choice for the resurgent Taliban. That raid, details of which have not been previously...

Background on hashish

Hashish, often known as "hash", is a cannabis preparation composed of compressed and/or purified preparations of stalked resin glands, called trichomes, collected from the unfertilized buds of the cannabis plant.

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