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UN: Afghan opium production increases
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United Nation says opium poppy cultivation will increase for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high....
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UN: Afghan opium production increases
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nation says opium poppy cultivation will increase for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high.
boston.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
U.N.: Afghan opium production increases
KABUL — Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has been increasing for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high, the U.N. said in a report released Monday.
arkansasonline.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
Correction: Afghanistan-Opium story
KABUL, Afghanistan — In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium. The correct version is that prices went from about $60 to $85 a kilogram ($27 to $38 a pound) to $300 ($136) in 2011. Although prices this year range from $160 per kilogram ($72 per pound) to $200 per kilogram...
bostonherald.com (2 months and 4 days ago)
UN: Afghan opium production increases
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has been increasing for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high, the U.N. said in a report released Monday. The boom...
rn-t.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
Afghanistan opium poppy production increasing, U.N. says
The boom in opium poppy cultivation is especially strong in regions where Western troops have left, the U.N. says.KABUL, Afghanistan — Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has been increasing for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high, the United Nations said in a report Monday.
latimes.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
Correction: Afghanistan-Opium story
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium. The correct version is that prices went from about $60 to $85 a kilogram ($27 to $38 a pound) to $300 ($136) in 2011. Although prices this year range from $160 per kilogram ($72 per pound) to $200 per...
boston.com (2 months and 4 days ago)
Correction: Afghanistan-Opium story
In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium. The correct version is that prices went from abou…
azstarnet.com (2 months and 4 days ago)
UN: Afghan opium production increases
KABUL, Afghanistan — Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has been increasing for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high, the U.N. said in a report released Monday.The boom in poppy cultivation is at its most pronounced in the Taliban's heartland in the south, the report showed, especially in regions where troops of the U.S.-led coalition have been...
bostonherald.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
UN: Afghan opium production increases
The United Nation says opium poppy cultivation will increase for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high.
azstarnet.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
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