The United Nations has announced that opium production in Afghanistan has increased fivefold compared to last year. Despite the ban and the shrinking of poppy fields, the Taliban leader's order has weakened as the legal crops are no longer economically viable and many farmers say they are struggling to feed their children. Afghan farmers say that if their families' lives improve, they will not plant poppies again; But if poverty worsens, they cannot guarantee. A farmer said: "When a man is hungry, he will do anything. ".

The United Nations has announced that opium production in Afghanistan has increased fivefold compared to last year. Despite the ban and the shrinking of poppy fields, the Taliban leader's order has weakened as the legal crops are no longer economically viable and many farmers say they are struggling to feed their children. Afghan farmers say that if their families' lives improve, they will not plant poppies again; But if poverty worsens, they cannot guarantee. A farmer said: "When a man is hungry, he will do anything. ".