Drug Trade Threatens Afghan Revival

NPR | By Steve Inskeep

Published October 21, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Patrick Fine of the U.S. Agency for International Development says there are real, tangible signs of progress in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. But he warns the rise of the opium trade threatens to derail the country's turnaround. Fine speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

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