Disputes - international support to Islamic militants worldwide by some factions; question over which group should hold Afghanistan's seat at the UN

Illicit drugs world's second-largest illicit opium producer after Burma (cultivation in 1997 - 39,150 hectares, a 3% increase over 1996; potential production in 1997 - 1,265 metric tons, a 3% increase over 1996) and a major source of hashish

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