Afghan opium market hit by falling cultivation, production, prices – UN report

2 September 2009 – “At a time of pessimism about the situation in Afghanistan, these results are a welcome piece of good news and demonstrate that progress is possible,” said UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa. Afghan opium market hit by falling cultivation, production, prices – UN report

Afghanistan: UN official appalled by deadly attack on mosque
UN deplores yet another killing of a journalist in Pakistan