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May 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda On Tuesday, Afghan Counter Narcotics Minister Zarar Ahmad Muqbel Osmani said that the fall in supply as a result of eradication efforts by the Afghan authorities and the destruction of poppy bulbs by a fungus will increase demand, forcing the government to intensify its campaign against the drug trade, which in turn will cause more violence and push the price higher, Reuters reported.
“The price hike will definitely pressure us a lot. The tendency towards cultivation will grow, it will create resistance, law and order issues, and it will raise the casualty rate,” he stated.
He added that a fungus that leaves the poppy bulb without the liquid form of raw opium is affecting poppy fields in the provinces of Farah, Helmand, and Kandahar.
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has been on the rise since the US-led war began in 2001.
According to reports, between 2001 and 2011, annual opium production rose from 185 tons to 5,800 tons. Last year alone, it increased by 61 percent.
Official statistics indicate that the largest amounts of illicit drugs are produced in five provinces, namely Badghis, Farah, Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan, which are also the most insecure regions of the country.
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