Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached a sobering record high in 2013. According to the 2013 Afghanistan Opium Survey, cultivation amounted to some 209,000 hectares, outstripping the earlier record in 2007 of 193,000 hectares, and representing a 36 per cent increase over 2012. -- UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2013 (Read full report at: publicintelligence.net/unodc-afghan-opium-survey-2013/)
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 01:12:47 +0000