KABUL (Pajhwok): Poppy cultivation has declined due to a drought and water shortage in southern Kandahar province this year, an official said on Sunday.
Counter-Narcotics Director Gul Mohammad Shukran told Pajhwok Afghan News the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) had not yet conducted a survey regarding poppy cultivation.
But the information they have received from the region shows a fall in poppy cultivation in Kandahar this year. He said the illicit crop was cultivated on 38,000 hectres of land in 2018. This . . .
