FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Local officials in northeastern Badakhshan province have expressed concern at increasing poppy crop cultivation in the province, saying 80 percent rehabilitated drug addicts have returned to the habit due to unemployment.
Dr. Gul Mohammad Baidar, acting deputy governor, said main beneficiaries of the illicit crop were drug mafia not farmers.
Addressing a gathering titled “Poppy eradication and joint campaign against drugs”, Baidar said most drug addicts lived in districts that shared border with neighbouring countries. In addition, 90 percent people living in Pamir were addicted to opium.
He added over 80 . . .
