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FRONTLINE: Opium Brides in Afghanistan

August 15, 2013Lifestyle & Belief

Marco Werman talks with Reporter Najibullah Quraishi of our partner program FRONTLINE about his report on the growing problem in Afghanistan of young girls who are kidnapped or traded to drug smugglers when opium farmers cannot meet their debts.

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