PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Afghan counter-narcotics police have destroyed poppy farms covering 640 acres of land in north Afghanistan's Baghlan province, a statement of the provincial police office said on Saturday.
In a series of operations, 640 acres of poppy farms have been destroyed in some districts of this province, the statement said, adding that police will not allow anyone to cultivate illegal crops.
Meanwhile, police wiped out over 17,500 acres of poppy farms in different parts of the north Badakhshan province in April and May.
The Afghan caretaker government has banned poppy cultivation, processing of drugs and drug trafficking to eliminate the menace of drugs from the once poppy-growing country. ■
