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David Guttenfelder
The Associated Press

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"AFGHANISTAN OPIUM WARS"

Sunlight pours through shrapnel holes in a shipping container in Kabul's Old City, where users gather for a hit of opium. Eight percent of Afghans are addicted to drugs, often opium or heroin, a rate that has risen sharply in the past five years. Only one in ten addicts receives any drug treatment, because programs are rare and underfunded.