Afghan Opium Cultivation Exploding Under Taliban Rule | VOANews

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Dec 22, 2023
A United Nations report finds that opium cultivation in Afghanistan increased 32% over the previous year despite a Taliban ban on cultivation of all narcotics in April. For Voice of America, Ibrahim Momand has this report from Kabul, narrated by Anne Bell.
Originally published at - https://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-opium-cultivation-exploding-under-taliban-rule-/6829033.html

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