BBC - he United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said opium production was up by 17% since last year.
Its Afghan Opium Survey 2014 said the area under poppy cultivation had risen by 7% to cover 224,000 hectares.
UNODC head Yury Fedotov warned there was a serious risk Afghanistan could become a narco-state, following the withdrawal of foreign forces.
Most poppies are still grown in southern Helmand province, where British troops were stationed until October.
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