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"What had been a bright spot in the war on terror, the ouster of the Taliban and the effort to build a democratic Afghanistan, is in jeopardy, partly because an exploding drug trade is funding and fueling the insurgency while undermining efforts to bring order and economic development to Afghanistan. We investigated U.S. efforts to curb the illicit narcotics industry and found major problems, some because of flawed policies, some because of the incredible complexity of the problem, some due to inherent contradictions between fighting terrorism and fighting drugs in Afghanistan."