Afghan Opium Poppy Cultivation Could Rise (AP)

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Associated Press
Afghan Opium Poppy Cultivation Could Rise
Associated Press 03.05.07, 7:30 AM ET

Afghanistan's 2007 opium poppy cultivation could expand again after a record
crop last year, the U.N. drug agency said Monday, underlining the weakness
of an international-backed drive against the country's booming narcotics trade.

A report from the world body's Office on Drugs and Crime predicted a "sharp
increase" in production in several provinces, including southern Helmand -
Afghanistan's largest poppy-growing region and an area wracked by growing
Taliban attacks.

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