Afghanistan: An Election Update

2004-10-19

“During the 1990s, Afghanistan firmly established itself as the largest source of illicit opium and its derivative, heroin.

“In 2003, opium production in Afghanistan still accounted for more than three quarters of the world’s illicit opium production. In October 2003, UNODC and the Afghan government conducted a farmers’ intentions survey that revealed that almost 70% of the farmers interviewed in the opium growing regions of Afghanistan intended to increase poppy cultivation in 2004, while only 4% considered reducing it.”

UNODC World Drug Report 2004, volume 2, Statistics

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