Up in smoke

Source:AFP Published: 2012-12-21 0:55:04

 

An Afghan policeman stands guard as a pile of narcotics is burned by officials on the outskirts of Jalalabad Nangarhar province on Wednesday. The United Nations said in November that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased by 18 percent this year, sending a
An Afghan policeman stands guard as a pile of narcotics is burned by officials on the outskirts of Jalalabad Nangarhar province on Wednesday. The United Nations said in November that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased by 18 percent this year, sending a "serious alarm signal" from the world's biggest opium producer. Photo: AFP





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