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An Afghan farmer harvests opium sap from a poppy field in Badakhshan province in May, 2024.
Photo: OMER ABRAR / AFP/File
Source: AFP
Opium cultivation rose by 19 percent in Afghanistan this year, the UN reported Wednesday, despite a Taliban government ban that almost eradicated the crop.
Currently, 12,800 hectares of poppies are cultivated in Afghanistan — where up to 80 percent of the population depends on agriculture — a new survey by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime…
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