U.N. : Opium Trade Soars in Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS, June, 26 2008 — Afghan opium cultivation grew 17 percent last year, continuing a six-year expansion of the country’s drug trade and increasing its share of global opium production to more than 92 percent, according to the 2008 World Drug Report, released Thursday by the United Nations.
- You can thank the U.S. for reinvigorating the drug trade in Afghanistan.
