Opium prices in markets in Badakhsan province, not far from the border with Tajikistan, were quoted at $240 per kilogram in May -- fat earnings in a country where the annual per capita income is just $800. Prices elsewhere in Afghanistan can go as high as $605 per kilogram, according to the UNDCP. Here, a farmer sells 10 kilo bags of opium in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, where prices range from $275 to $500 a kilogram. return to map Photo: Patrick Aventurier/ Gamma Afghan Opium Interactive Map - Size up the scope of Afghanistan's opium industry. Heroin Handbook - Learn how heroin is made from opium poppies. Globalization Photo Essay - Follow one telecom company's odyssey of global capitalism. Profits & Principles - How six global companies balance profits and principles. Interactive Atlas - Compare the world's haves and have-nots.

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