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| Police Destroy Poppy on 40,000 Acres of Land in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan |
| 2023-07-16 |
Getting international points while using up stored surpluses, which will drive up the price going forward. The Taliban used to do this the first time around, so we’ve seen their pattern. [KhaamaPress] Poppy cultivation had been eradicated from 40,000 acres of land in the northern province of Badakhshan, Afghanistan, in the past three months.Shafiqullah Hafizi, the director of the counter-narcotics police department in the province of Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan, reported that during the past three months, poppy had been eradicated from 40,000 acres of land. "The poppy eradication campaign started three months ago, and so far, we have destroyed 40,000 acres of poppy, and the process will continue until the poppy fields are completely demolished in the province," Hafizi said. The official said the anti-poppy campaign would be over within a few days. On Wednesday, police in the Jawzjan province of northern Afghanistan dismantled a drug processing lab and detained its owner. Last week, authorities also destroyed 20 acres of poppies in the eastern province of Ghazni. Earlier, the Iranian permanent representative to the UN, Saeed Iravani, said that the UNSC expressed the expansion of drug production in Afghanistan. According to Iran’s representative to the UN, drug trafficking in Afghanistan has not been completely abolished, and the illicit trade still thrives there. According to Sharq Daily, Mr Iravani also highlighted concerns about the growth of methamphetamine testing facilities in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 If you can't trust good ole' Shafiqullah Hafizi, who can you trust. Damn, lets get that guy some USAID money! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-07-16 10:50 |
| #2 Badakshan has a population of 1.1 million. 40,000 acres (approx. 60 sq. mi) of poppy destroyed, if true, it will have a major impact on the province economy. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-07-16 10:31 |
| #1 Harvested |
| Posted by: Chris 2023-07-16 03:27 |