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This is the U.S.-financed bridge that crosses the Panj River at the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan, June 2, 2009. The bridge was opened in 2007. (Tom Lasseter/MCT)
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This is the U.S.-financed bridge that crosses the Panj River at the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan, June 2, 2009. The bridge was opened in 2007. In addition to legal goods, it has been used to transport heroin and opium from Afghanistan to Tajikistan. (Tom Lasseter/MCT)
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A Tajik border guard at the Tajik-Afghan border turns away a McClatchy reporter for not having official permission, May 26, 2009. (Tom Lasseter/MCT)
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A drug burning ceremony in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, is arranged by the country's drug control agency. The men were burning hashish and sacks of opium in a country that many worry is slipping toward becoming a narco-state. (Tom Lasseter/MCT)
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A drug burning ceremony in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, is arranged by the country's drug control agency. The men were burning hashish and sacks of opium in a country that many worry is slipping toward becoming a narco-state. (Tom Lasseter/MCT)
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