KABUL (Pajhwok): The level of poppy cultivation will plummet to zero next year in six provinces of the country, the counternarcotics minister said on Sunday.
Salamat Azimi named the provinces as Kabul, Kapisa, Herat, Balkh, Baghlan and Jawzjan to be declared poppy-free next year. She was addressing a press conference here.
The minister was accompanied by officials from the ministries of interior, defence and justice and the deputy governors of Kabul and Kapisa provinces.
She acknowledged the illicit plant could not be eradicated . . .
