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Pakistan -
Country Statistics
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| Refugees and Drugs | Pakistan | | Refugees and internally displaced persons: | refugees (country of origin): 960,041 (Afghanistan)
IDPs: undetermined (government strikes on Islamic fighters in South Waziristan); 3 million (October 2005 earthquake) (2005) | | Illicit drugs: | Opium poppy cultivation declined 58% to 3,147 hectares in 2005; federal and provincial authorities continue to conduct anti-poppy campaigns that force eradication - fines and arrests will take place if the ban on poppy cultivation is not observed; key transit point for Afghan drugs, including heroin, opium, morphine, and hashish, bound for Western markets, the Gulf States, and Africa; financial crimes related to drug trafficking, terrorism, corruption, and smuggling remain problems |
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