KABUL, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Afghan counter-narcotics forces have eradicated 400 acres of illegal poppy farms in the northern Badakhshan province, a local police officer said on Saturday.
The operations targeted illicit crops on the outskirts of Baharak, Jurm, Shuhada and Darayem districts, according to Ehsanullah Kamgar, provincial police spokesman.
Kamgar said that security forces would not allow cultivation of poppy or any other prohibited crops in the province.
In April 2022, the Afghan government imposed a nationwide ban on the cultivation of illegal crops, including poppy and hashish. ■
