392910 09: (NEWSWEEK, US NEWS & WORLD REPORT OUT) A follower of Afghani opposition leader General Ahmed Shah Massoud displays pieces of lapis lazuli at a Massoud stronghold May 2001 in the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan. Massoud is hoarding the stone to push up the price and is using a tax on gems mined and sold in the valley to buy armaments to continue his guerrilla war with the ruling Taliban. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
