Afghanistan's Opium Economy Is Doing Better Than Ever -- Alice Speri, Vice
Despite billions spent in eradication efforts, Afghanistan’s opium harvest is set to break all records this year, as one of the country’s primary agricultural activities and most profitable export trades blooms in the midst of an uncertain political and military transition.
Afghanistan produced tons of opium in 2013 — an estimated 6,062 tons in fact, — growing its output for the third consecutive year, and up 36 percent from the year before.
The hike followed a short-lived drop in production as international and Afghan officials attempted to eradicate cultivation of the delicate plant, which produces the main ingredient used in heroin.
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My Comment: As foreign forces continue to leave ..... it is now safe to say that the West's war against opium in Afghanistan has been a complete and utter failure, disaster, and defeat.
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