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The Taliban began destroying poppy fields in Afghanistan

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Afghan farmers are calling on the government to help them by providing alternative crops to grow.

In Herat province in western Afghanistan, a campaign has been launched to eradicate poppy fields. This was announced on Thursday, March 30, by the local TV channel TOLO news.

Poppy fields in western Afghanistan are expected to be destroyed before harvest.

“Our operation continues, hundreds of hectares of land have been cleared of poppies in different areas,” said the head of the Herat Drug Enforcement Administration, Hayatullah Rouhani.

To ensure the safety of the employees of the drug control department, they were accompanied by special forces.

Meanwhile, farmers are calling on the government to help them by providing alternative crops to grow.

Poppy eradication operations are also taking place in the provinces of Ghor and Badghis in western Afghanistan and Nimroz in the southwest of the country.

Afghanistan supplies 80% of all opiate users in the world. According to the UN, in 2021, the amount of opium production in the country increased by 8% and reached 6.8 thousand tons.

In 2022, the Taliban officially banned poppy cultivation as an anti-Islamic activity.

Under the Taliban in Afghanistan, drugs have risen in price dramatically – media

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Source: korrespondent

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