34 percent average increase in poppy cultivation in Post-Taliban era

Posted on May 4, 2008
Filed Under Asia, global drug trade |

Opium poppy cultivation has increased on average by 34 percent every year since the Taliban was disposed of in 2001.

Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan,” April 2008.

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