United Nations: Opium production in Afghanistan has increased almost 5-fold despite the Taliban's ban The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in a report published on Thursday, November 7, announced the jump in poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan. According to this report, the area under poppy cultivation in Israel has increased more than 4 times, from about 10 thousand dunams last year to more than 43 thousand dunams this year. The estimated production of opium also increased from about 300 tons to almost 1,500 tons. However, the amount of cultivation and production is still far below the level before the Taliban ban. The Taliban government also announced that it destroyed more than 22 thousand dunams of poppy fields this year. In 1401, the Taliban banned poppy cultivation and drug production.

United Nations: Opium production in Afghanistan has increased almost 5-fold despite the Taliban's ban The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in a report published on Thursday, November 7, announced the jump in poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan. According to this report, the area under poppy cultivation in Israel has increased more than 4 times, from about 10 thousand dunams last year to more than 43 thousand dunams this year. The estimated production of opium also increased from about 300 tons to almost 1,500 tons. However, the amount of cultivation and production is still far below the level before the Taliban ban. The Taliban government also announced that it destroyed more than 22 thousand dunams of poppy fields this year. In 1401, the Taliban banned poppy cultivation and drug production.