FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Government officials, launching poppy eradication campaign in northwestern Badakhshan province, on Monday said cultivation of the illicit plant had reduced by 50 percent in government-controlled areas.
Deputy Head of the Counter Narcotics Justice Center (CNGC) of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), Mohammad Hashem Ortaq in the ceremony said that the ministry has launched counter narcotics programs in various provinces.
“Today we are witnessing the program launch in Argo district of Badakhshan and we hope to have positive achievements”.
Ortaq said poppy cultivation in government-controlled areas of the province had decreased by 50 per cent.
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