KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Poppy cultivation has increased in volatile areas and decreased in comparatively secure parts of southern Kandahar province, officials said on Monday.
Local officials, who talked to Pajhwok Afghan News, said the central government should carry out strong military operations against militants instead of eradicating the poppy crop.
They said the operations would help bring under government control remote areas where the illicit plant was grown.
Counternarcotics chief for Kandahar Gul Mohammad Shukran told Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview that poppy cultivation had decreased in the province as compared to the . . .
