AdvertisementDespite Western Efforts, Afghan Opium Crop Hits Record HighNovember 13, 2013Krishnadev CalamurfacebookEmailAfghan farmers collect raw opium earlier this year in a poppy field in the Khogyani district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul. Afghanistan's opium production surged in 2013 to record levels, despite 12 years of international efforts to wean the country off the narcotics trade, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. (AP)