VIENNA (Reuters) - Afghanistan needs more financial assistance for its anti-narcotics fight after opium cultivation hit a record high last year, a government minister said on Wednesday, as international forces prepare to leave the country.
Afghanistan is the world's top cultivator of the poppy, from which opium and heroin are produced.
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