Read more William B. Wood stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14379/william-b-wood.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 22 May 2012 16:13:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/9024/us-targets-afghan-opium-crop.htmlPeter Fearon<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=33670&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401031326' border='0' />The US is pressing the Afghan government to stem its booming poppy crop with mass spraying following the biggest opium harvests in its history—which accounts for 91% of the world's production. Therein lies much of the resurgent Taliban's revenue, the New York Times reports, but Karzai fears a Taliban-inspired...Afghan women work in a poppy field in Naway i barakzayi district of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)http://www.newser.com/story/9024/us-targets-afghan-opium-crop.htmlMon, 08 Oct 2007 09:15:00 CDT