JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Poppy crop on 300 hectares of land has been destroyed in four districts of eastern Nangarhar province as part of an ongoing poppy-eradication campaign.
The illicit crop is cultivated on about 14,000 hectares of land in 14 districts of the province this year, registering an increase in the plant’s cultivation in Rodat, Surkhrod and Dara-i-Noor districts.
This year’s anti-poppy campaign in Nangarhar witnessed security challenges including armed resistance from Taliban insurgents and drug mafia.
Nangarhar counternarcotics . . .
