KABUL (Pajhwok): Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan increased by 32 percent over the previous year to 233,000 hectares, says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The 2022 opium crop in Afghanistan is the most profitable in years, with cultivation up by nearly one-third and prices soaring, even as the country is gripped by cascading humanitarian and economic crises.
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan -- latest findings and emerging threats is the first report on the illicit opium economy since the Taliban banned cultivation of opium . . .
