Afghanistan's opium farmers

A Pashtun opium farmer throws fertilizer on his poppy field near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, April 9, 2004. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Men destroy opium poppies during a poppy eradication campaign in the eastern province of Ningarhar, April 9, 2007. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Sayed Mohammed shows his poppy flower at his poppy field at a village in Bagh-E-Afghan, northwest of Kabul, April 20, 2004. REUTERS/Ahmad Sear

An Afghan farmer looks at an anti-narcotics poster in Talbozag villge of Badakhshan province, June 14, 2009. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Afghan policemen burns narcotics in Kabul, June 29, 2003. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

A U.S. Marine patrols through a poppy field in a village in the Golestan district of Farah province, May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A doctor checks a drug addict at a rehabilitation center in Faizabad, capital of Badakhshan province, north east of Kabul, April 27, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Herion addict Naik Bakhat (L), her daughter (C) and her husband Gada Mohammad, who is also addicted to opium, at their house in Badakhshan province, northeast of Kabul, April 24, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan policemen keep watch as tractors destroy poppies in Shewan district of Farah province, April 15, 2009. REUTERS/Golnar Motevalli

A field worker walks to open water canals to irrigate poppy fields at dusk near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, April 8, 2004. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

A Pashtun boy rides his mule past poppy fields at dusk near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, April 9, 2004. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

An opium poppy is seen in a field in eastern province of Ningarhar, April 9, 2007. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

An Afghan boy looks from a poppy field as U.S. Marines patrol a village in the Golestan district of Farah province, May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A bird sits on top of a pod in a poppy field at dawn near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, April 9, 2004. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

An Afghan farmer works on a poppy field in the Jurum district of northern Badakhshan province, October 28, 2003. REUTERS/Simon Denyer

An Afghan farmer collects raw opium from poppies, in a village outside Balkh province, north of Kabul, May 6, 2006. REUTERS/File

An Afghan man smokes heroin at a back street in the capital Kabul, February 26, 2005. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

An opium farmer (R) stares out at his crop as officials begin to eradicate his poppy field using tractors near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, April 10, 2004. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Men work in an opium poppy field in the eastern province of Ningarhar, April 9, 2007. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

A ten-year-old Pashtun boy holds the rope of his ox (not seen) over his head as it feeds around poppy fields near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, April 9, 2004. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

An Afghan farmer holds a poppy in a village outside Balkh province, north of Kabul, May 6, 2006. REUTERS/File

An Afghan man walks in front of a poppy field in a village in Golestan district of Farah province, May 11, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Employees of the anti-narcotic ministry pose for a picture in front of burning narcotics outside Kabul, October 8, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan boys stand in a poppy field as U.S Marines patrol a village in Golestan district of Farah province, May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Afghan anti-narcotics personnel destroy poppies in the district of Shindand, east of the city of Herat, Afghanistan, April 16, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Fahim

An Afghan farmer holds fresh opium extracted from poppies in a village outside Balkh province, north of Kabul, May 6, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan and foreign officials watch illegal narcotics burn in Kabul, April 26, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

An Afghan boy works in a poppy field in Musa Qala, Helmand province, March 28, 2009. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani