Afghanistan: UN statistics on poppy cultivation are unrealistic Abdul Mateen Khan, the spokesman for the Afghan government ministry, called the latest report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, according to which the area under poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased fivefold, unrealistic and biased. In response to a question about the latest report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which increased the area devoted to poppy cultivation and opium production in Israel by five times, he said based on what? "We strongly deny this statement and state that it is contrary to the official facts and information on the ground of the Afghan Ministry of Interior," he said.