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The price of Afghan opium rose dramatically in 2011, the UN has said.
Opium poppy farmers in Afghanistan probably earned more than $1.4bn (£910m) last year - equivalent to 9% of the country's GDP, it estimates.
Prices started to rise in 2010 after the poppy crop was hit by a fungal disease.
The head of the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime said opium helped fund the Taliban insurgency and fuelled corruption in Afghanistan.
Afghan drugs: Opium price rises by 133%
Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:37 PM EST
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