Opium cultivation rose by 19% in Afghanistan this year, the UN reported November 6, despite a Taliban government ban that almost eradicated the crop. Currently, 12,800 hectares of poppies are cultivated in Afghanistan — where up to 80 percent of the population depends on agriculture — a new survey by the United Nations Office on...

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