Afghanistan expects record poppy harvest

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Afganistan on NATO:n valvonnassa keski- ja pohjoisistaan ja se tuottaa ennätysunikkosadon.

"As President Bush prepares for weekend talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, divisions within the U.S. administration and among NATO allies have delayed release of a $475 million counternarcotics program for Afghanistan, where intelligence officials see growing links between between drugs and the Taliban, the officials said."

"U.N. figures to be released in September are expected to show that Afghanistan's poppy production has risen up to 15 percent since 2006 and that the country now accounts for 95 percent of the world's crop."