JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The outlawed poppy crop on 75 acres of land was destroyed as an eradication campaign was launched in the Surkhrod district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday.
Counter-Narcotics Director Idrees Sapi told Pajhwok Afghan News the banned plants were destroyed in the first day of the campaign, which would also be extended to other areas of the province.
Last year, opium poppies were cultivated on 1,017 hectares of land but the government eradicated 250 acres. But the area of land sown with poppies this year is not known . . .
