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Afghan opium production continues on a massive scale

The production of opium in Afghanistan continues on a massive scale.

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Opium production in Afghanistan
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Response to opium production in Afghanistan?
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Seek to curtail the production of opium
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How should the international community intervene?
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Support Afghan troops and police
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Tactic has proved ineffective
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Afghan opium production continues on a massive scale
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7,700 tonnes produced, spread across 610 square miles
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Afghan farmers earned around $1bn in 2007
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Producton in Helmland boosted by irrigation schemes
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Total opium export value in 2007 was around $4n
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Why has the tactic proved ineffective?
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Only 3.5% of poppy fields were eradicated in 2008
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19% drop in cultivation from 2007 to 2008
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