According to The Wall Street Journal today, citing a senior United Nations official, a growing insurgency innorthern Afghanistan could lead to renewed opium cultivation in provinces where the crop has been eliminated.

Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Afghanistan representative of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, said at least two provinces were now “vulnerable to relapse” into opium production this year.

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Afghanistan Opium Survey 2010

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