Opium poppy cultivation increases in Afghanistan, according to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports, Afghanistan opium poppy cultivation since 2001 went from 8,000 hectares to an astronomical 2006 historical record of 165,000 hectares. The increase from 104,000 hectares in 2005 to 2006 is a whopping 52 per cent. The share of worl...
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