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| Campaign Begins to Destroy Poppy Fields in Herat |
| 2023-03-31 |
| [ToloNews] Local officials said that a campaign to destroy poppy fields has started in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... that will be conducted in each village in the province by Islamic Emirate forces. The campaign begins at a time when poppy fields’ harvest season is approaching. "Our operation is underway and hundreds of acres of land have been cleared of poppy in different districts," said Hayatullah Rouhani, head of the counter narcotics department of Herat. Special Forces accompany the employees of the counter-narcotics office to ensure the security of the campaign to destroy poppy fields, officials said. "We will accompany the employees of the counter-narcotics department in Herat province," said Mohammad Asif Mohammadi, head of the special force of the counter-narcotics office. Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats Chumbaloni was staring into a hole that was just .45 inch in diameter and was less than three feet from his heavily sweating face ... farmers called on the government to help them by providing alternative crops for poppy cultivation. "We asked the government to help us with alternative crops for poppy," said Ghulam Mohammad, a farmer. Besides Herat, the campaign is being conducted in Ghor, Badghis, Nimroz and Farah provinces. It is expected that poppy fields in the west of the country will be destroyed ahead of the harvest season. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Considering that we were eliminating 10% of the poppy fields every year 15 years ago, this can only mean that they're making more Afghanistan. (Shudder) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-03-31 21:31 |
| #3 Competes with the Talib meth production. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard OTR 2023-03-31 20:02 |
| #2 Addicts are about to discover their own version of inflation. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-03-31 12:47 |
| #1 Breaking the Pakistan military rice bowl. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-03-31 08:07 |