{"article":{"id":11603,"heading":"The UN calls Northern Alliance \"main opium producer\"","author":"RAWA","created":"2001-10-11 15:52:35","modified":"2001-10-11 16:07:17","last_modified":"Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:07:17","article":"<p>VIENNA: The Northern Alliance has become major opium <br>  <br>           producer after a Taliban clampdown on poppy-growing <br>  <br>           slashed world production by around 60 percent, a UN <br>  <br>           official told AFP Friday.  <br><br>           The Alliance, which has won US support, in its battle <br>  <br>           against the Taliban produced 150 tonnes op opium this <br>  <br>           year.  <br><br>           This was stated by Mohammad Amirkhizi, senior policy <br>  <br>           adviser at the UN Office of Drug Control and Crime <br>  <br>           Prevention.  <br><br>           \"They always produce between 120 to 150 tonnes,\" he <br>  <br>           explained.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/rawa.false.net\/na-opium.htm","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"AFP, Oct.6, 2001 story featured at the RAWA site.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/10\/11603.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}