AFGHANISTAN: UN highlights massive increase in opium cultivation ...
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KABUL, 19 November (IRIN) - Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased by two-thirds, reaching an unprecedented 131,000 hectares, a new survey by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed on Thursday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- World-leading opium cultivation rose a ``staggering" 59 percent in the country this year, the UN antidrugs chief announced yesterday in urging the government to crack down on large traffickers and remove corrupt officials and police.
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International aid to Afghanistan should be made conditional on the country showing real results and progress in the fight against opium production, UN anti-drugs chief Antonio Maria Costa said in an interview with AFP.
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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 27 -- Opium production in Afghanistan has increased by 34 percent over the past year, and the country is now the source of 93 percent of the heroin, morphine and other opiates on the world market, according to a report by the United Nations' anti-drug agency.
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Afghanistan produced record levels of opium in 2007 for the second straight year, led by a staggering 45 percent increase in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand Province, according to a UN survey to be released tomorrow.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 2 -- Opium cultivation in Afghanistan rose a "staggering"  59 percent this year, the U.N. anti-drug chief announced Saturday in urging the government to crack down on big traffickers and remove corrupt officials and police.
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The international community is making significant strides toward ridding northern Afghanistan of opium, a U.S. counter-narcotics official said Friday, despite setbacks in the Taliban-controlled south and forecasts of another record year of poppy cultivation.
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The United Nations warns of a massive 59% increase in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan this year.
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Afghanistan says its war on drugs is the top priority after a UN report warned it risked becoming a narco-state with opium cultivation jumping to record levels, but it says it opposes aerial spraying of opium fields.
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Afghanistan says it needs more money to persuade farmers to stop growing opium poppies.
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KABUL , Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's criminal underworld has compromised key government officials who protect drug traffickers, allowing a flourishing opium trade that will not be stamped out for a generation, a UN report released yesterday said.
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Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels &#151; up by more than 40 percent from 2005 &#151; despite hundreds of millions in counternarcotics money, Western officials told The Associated Press.
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KABUL - Afghanistan&#39;s opium production is approaching record levels. A new United Nations report says drug production has shot up more than 60 per cent in the past year.
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Helmand province set to become world's biggest drug supplier, cultivating more drugs than entire countries such as Colombia, UN report says.
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AFGHANISTAN is in danger of becoming a &quot;narco-state&quot; because soaring opium cultivation now accounts for 60 per cent of the economy, the United Nations warned yesterday.
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Officials blame the increase in cultivation on the resurgence of Taliban rebels in the south, the countryÂs prime opium growing region.
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Afghans significantly increased their poppy crop in the past year, fueling a narcotics trade that endangers U.S.-led efforts to stabilize the country, officials said Thursday.