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Opium boom in Afghanistan shocks UN and allies
A UN survey reports opium cultivation in Afghanistan rising 64 percent from 2003 to 2004, now spreading across the country and funding insurgents. It warns the drug trade undermines democracy, reconstruction, and stability while urging greater U.S. and NATO help to eradicate labs, traffickers, and corruption.
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Brussels
Belgium
Afghanistan
U.N
U.S
Antonio Maria Costa
U.N. Office On Drugs and Crime
Ghanistan
Pakistan
Taliban
al-Qaida
Costa
America
Britain
NATO
New York
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
United Nations