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AFGHANISTAN UNITED KINGDOM Issue dated 25/02/2010

Alcis, targeting opium growers in Kabul

The British forces in Afghanistan are working with a small geospatial consultancy, SMTV Alcis, on the destruction of poppy fields. [...] (212 words)

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