FAIZABAD CITY (Pajhwok): The counter-narcotics director for Badakhshan says insecurity has led to an increase in poppy cultivation and relapse of 95 percent of rehabilitated drug addicts in the northeastern province.
Mohammad Quaid Affendi recalled the illicit crop was cultivated on 1,246 hectares of land in Argo, Kisham, Tashkan, Khash and Juram districts last year. But this year, 4,050 hectares of land has been sown with poppies.
Speaking at a gathering, attended by journalists, religious scholars, farmers and common citizens, he highlighted the harmful effects of poppy. He acknowledged a possible increase . . .
