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020			_a9781599211312
082			_aDS 371.4 .H34 2007
100			_aHafvenstein, Joel.
245			_aOpium season : a year on the Afghan frontier / Joel Hafvenstein.
260			_aGuilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, c2007.
300			_aviii, 337 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 327-328) and index.
500			_aContents: Prelude : the end (p. 1)—Part one : planting (p. 5)—Part two : flowering (p. 139)—Part three : harvest (p. 253).
500			_aWe're getting out, mate. Charles's composure was belied by the taut lines in his face and the two Afghan guards flanking him, their rifles unslung and ready. get your things. If what we're hearing from Zabulis true, we've been sitting here like bloody ducks for too long already. If true, the rumors from Zabul province confirmed that someone was trying to kill us, but we didn't yet know who : the struggling remnants of the Taliban, opium smugglers who found our work and inconvenience, or local militia commanders with some unknown grudge. We didn't know if they planned more attacks, or if they could strike us in the city of Lashkargah itself. So we were running. There was a small U.S. military outpost on the edge of town, next to the graveyard. By the afternoon our office and staff houses would be empty of everyone but guards, and our Western staff would be inside an bunker—cover page.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aEconomic assistance, American – Afghanistan.
650			_aAfghanistan – History – 2001-.
650			_aOpium trade – Afghanistan.
650			_aHafvenstein, Joel – Travel – Afghanistan.
650			_aAfghanistan – Description and travel.
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