Afghan Opium Production Reaches Record High
Afghanistan, the world’s largest producer of opium, has harvested a record crop this year that more than doubled last year’s production, a bad omen for fighting terrorism and organized crime, officials say. Salamt Azimi, the country’s minister for counter-narcotics, told VOA’s Pashto service that insecurity kept the government from implementing poppy eradication programs, leading to a…
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