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Key Excerpts from Article on Website of ABC News
ABC News, September 3, 2006
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2390033&page=1
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2390033&page=1
Already the world's largest producer of opium, Afghanistan's 2006 output has soared a staggering 59 percent, according to a survey by the U.N.'s drug control program. So this year, the country that the United States invaded five years ago to stabilize will produce 16,000 tons of opium. Drugs now make up more than half of gross domestic product. Top government officials are tied to the drug trade. Corruption runs rampant. Addiction rates in Afghanistan and neighboring Central Asia, Iran and Pakistan are skyrocketing.
Note: How is it possible that the opium production continues to skyrocket in Afghanistan, when it was decimated the year before the U.S. invaded Afghanistan? For a possible answer, click here.
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