Afghanistan risks becoming 'narco-state': U.N. official

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Afghanistan risks becoming 'narco-state': U.N. official

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-risks-becoming-narco-state-u-n-official-145708749.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nUASwpK0GN7N0q2iQr_6BQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-10-09T150232Z_1_CBRE99815SB00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-AFGHANISTAN-DRUGS-UN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Poppy flowers are seen in full bloom in a field in the eastern province of Jalalabad" align="left" title="Poppy flowers are seen in full bloom in a field in the eastern province of Jalalabad" border="0" /></a>By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Afghanistan risks becoming a &quot;full-fledged narco-state&quot; without international support to help create alternative jobs for its people, a senior United Nations official said on Wednesday. Yury Fedotov, head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), painted a bleak picture of Afghanistan's narcotics problem before next year's withdrawal of NATO-led combat forces. He said the presence of those forces generates roughly one third of investment and jobs in Afghanistan, and that the gap when they are gone should be filled to prevent matters getting worse. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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