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  • In Mr. Davis's car, the gear included the Glock pistol and ammunition, a variety of flashlights, a long wrench, and a small packet of what is known as naswar, a mild narcotic commonly used in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan adjacent to Afghanistan, the police report said.

    NYT > Home Page By JANE PERLEZ 2011

  • Whip-toting, naswar-chew'mg Talibs patrolled Titanic City on the lookout for the indiscreet laugh, the unveiled face.

    A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007

  • These children spend more each month on naswar (snuff), mava, gutka (both forms of chewing tobacco) and cigarettes than on meat, almost as much for khaini (powdered tobacco) as for milk, and more for all forms of tobacco except masheri (tobacco paste) than on fruit or eggs, 'said the survey' Choosing Tobacco over Food: Daily Struggles for Existence among the Street Children of Mumbai '.

    India eNews 2009

  • In the first of the announcements made from the illegal radio station, the Taliban has banned divorce without their consultation, and also barred people from using naswar (snuff), The Nation reported.

    unknown title 2009

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