Afghan opium fuels 'global chaos'
- BBC
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Afghan opium fuels 'global chaos'
The flow of opium from Afghanistan is creating havoc around the globe and fuelling the Taliban insurgency according to a new report by the United Nations.It says Afghanistan produces 92% of the world's opium, the raw material for heroin. Europe and Russia account for more than a third of consumption.The BBC's Russian affairs analyst, Steven Eke, has been investigating.
BBC | October 22, 2009
