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In 2013 Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan at Highest Level Ever

by Rukmani Krishna on  November 18, 2013 at 11:32 PM Drug News
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A survey finds that the cultivation of opium poppy rose 36 percent in Afghanistan this year.

Almost 90 percent of opium was cultivated in nine provinces in the south and the west, CNN reports.
In 2013 Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan at Highest Level Ever
In 2013 Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan at Highest Level Ever

According to the report, the report named the 2013 Afghanistan Opium Survey was released in Kabul by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Source: ANI

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