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To: zonder who wrote (6702)	2/9/2004 10:21:49 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

February 9, 2004 E-mail story Print IN BRIEF / AFGHANISTAN 2003 Opium Output Hits a Record High From Times Wire Reports Opium output hit a record high in Afghanistan in 2003, with another increase expected this year in the war-torn country that does not have any other real exports, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime has found. The U.N. said the output of 3,600 tons was up 6% over 2002 and could be worth $2.3 billion. That compares with Afghanistan's official exports of $40 million to Pakistan. The U.N. said surveys of farmers show a further increase is likely this year. "If we don't start translating counter-narcotics commitment into lower levels of production, we run the risk of opium economy undermining all that has been achieved in creating a democratic new Afghanistan," said Antonio Maria Costa, head of the U.N. office.