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Badakhshan poppy

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3 held, alcohol production factory destroyed in Badakhshan

Three people have been arrested, 250 acres of poppy crop eradicated and an alcoholic producing factory had been destroyed in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Saturday. Shafiqullah Hafeezi, the Counter-Narcotics Department director, told Pajhwok Afghan News…

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Badakhshan insecurity leads to increase in poppy cultivation

The counter-narcotics director for Badakhshan says insecurity has led to an increase in poppy cultivation and relapse of 95 percent of rehabilitated drug addicts in the northeastern province. Mohammad Quaid Affendi recalled the illicit crop was cultivated…