JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Due to lack of funds, equipmentand insecurity in some areas, a poppy eradication campaign has been stopped in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday.
The illicit crop had been cultivated on 10,017 hectares of land in the province bordering Pakistan in 2015, but it is said the area under poppy cultivated significantly increased this year.
Counter-Narcotics Director Mohammad Idrees Sapi said due to some problems the poppy destruction drive had come to a halt.
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