An Afghan policeman destroys poppies during a campaign against narcotics in Kunar province, April 29, 2014 (Reuters / Parwiz)
Afghan Opium Production Is At An All-Time High Despite $7.5 Billion Spent To Stop It -- Spencer Ackerman, Business Insider/The Guardian
Opium cultivation is estimated to be at an all-time high in Afghanistan, despite the US spending $7.5 billion to combat it.
A report released Wednesday by Washington’s Afghanistan war watchdog has found that the billions spent by the State and Defense departments on counter-narcotics since 2002 has been for nought. Opium-poppy cultivation takes up 209,000 hectares (516,230 acres) of land in Afghanistan, a 36% increase since 2012.
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More News On Opium Production Booming In Afghanistan
As US and foreign troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, opium production continues to surge -- FOX News/AP
Heroin production hits record levels in Afghanistan - study -- RT
Pullout peril: Afghan opium skyrockets, funds terror as U.S. troops pack up -- Washington Times
US $7.5 billion dollar counter narcotic effort in Afghanistan is failing miserably -- Ground Report
U.S. Failed to Stop a Record High Afghan Opium Crop -- Timothy R. Homan, The Fiscal Times
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