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Distro - Afghanistan : The other American War 

Paolo Pellegrin 

In Afghanistan opium fuels everything from the culture,
the politics, the economy and the resurgent Taliban fighters. Paolo Pellegrin went to the remote southern provinces where the war on drugs, alongside that with the insurgency is raging. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.) is working in Afghanistan alongside the Afghan National Interdiction Unit, carrying out raids in remote villages. Links are being made between the resurgence of the Taliban and the drug industry, as both have nothing to gain from the area being controlled by central government. With the large amounts of money... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

Hindu Kush range, Badakhshan province. Afghanistan. May 2006 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

Hindu Kush range, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. May 2006 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

A poppy field in Badakshan. Afghanistan. June 2006 

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AFGHANISTAN. Badakshan. June 2006. Farmers working on a poppy... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Badakshan. June 2006. Poppy field. 

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A farmer collects poppies in Badakshan province, Afghanistan.... 

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Afghan national police units eradicate poppy fileds in the Jurm... 

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AFGHANISTAN. June 2006. A poppy field in the Jurm valley in Badakhshan... 

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AFGHANISTAN. June 2006. Afghan police eradicate poppy fields... 

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AFGHANISTAN. June 2006. Afghan police eradicate poppy fields... 

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AFGHANISTAN. June 2006. Afghan national police units eradicate... 

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AFGHANISTAN. June 2006. Afghan police eradicate poppy fields... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Nangahar province. A helicopter used by Afghan interdiction... 

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DEA and Afghan interdiction troops on route to stage an assault... 

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DEA and Afghan interdiction troops on route to stage an assault... 

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DEA and Afghan interdiction troops stage an assault on compounds... 

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DEA and Afghan interdiction troops stage an assault on compounds... 

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DEA and Afghan interdiction troops stage an assault at dawn on... 

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DEA and Afghan interdiction troops stage an assault at dawn on... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

AFGHANISTAN. Nangahar province. May 2006. DEA and Afghan interdiction... 

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Afghan soldier carries a 40 kilo bag of hashish, one of three... 

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AFGHANISTAN. May 2006. Nangahar province, south east of Jalalabad.... 

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A suspect on his way to Kabul after a DEA and Afghan interdiction... 

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DEA agent with arrested Afghani drug dealer. Jalalabad, Afghanistan.... 

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Heroin addicts behind bars in Kabul's military hospital. Kabul,... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May 2006. Stock piled drugs - opium, heroin... 

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Stock piled drugs - opium, heroin and hashish - seized by Afghan... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May 2006. A heroin addict suffering withdrawal... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. A woman drug addict receives counseling in... 

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A drug addict suffering withdrawal at the Army hospital in Kabul,... 

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A drug addict suffering withdrawal at the Kabul psychiatric hospital... 

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A drug addict suffering withdrawal in the Army hospital in Kabul,... 

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Opium seized during a joint DEA and Afghan counter narcotics... 

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A drug addict in the office of a local ngo which works with heroin... 

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Drug addicts smoking heroin under a bridge in central Kabul.... 
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A drug addict is medicated by a doctor from a local ngo which... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. June 2006. Drug addicts stoned after smoking... 

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Homeless people wake up at dawn in Kabul, Afghanistan. The concept... 

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AFGHANISTAN. June 2006. Playing football in an empty swimming... 

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The old bombed presidential palace. Kabul, Afghanistan. June... 
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Paolo Pellegrin 2006

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Portfolio - Pellegrin, Paolo 

2006

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