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Afghanistan: Mystery of the missing opium crop

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Afghanistan, Economics & Business, Health

Nick Fielding tries [1] to understand why and how, according to the Afghan Opium Survey from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime report, the bottom is starting to fall out of the Afghan opium market with opium cultivation down 22%, production down by 10% and prices at a ten-year low.