SIGAR: The Taliban’s order to ban the cultivation of poppies in Afghanistan is not practical

The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) says the Taliban’s ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is not practical.

The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in a recent report that the Taliban government’s policy of banning poppy cultivation was unclear and that this had led to a boom in the opium market in southern Afghanistan.

Farmers in Afghanistan are experiencing severe cold and drought in Afghanistan, which makes the Taliban’s ban on poppy cultivation in the country less practical, the report said.

The United Nations has previously said that narcotics cultivation is still one of the biggest illegal economic activities in Afghanistan.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a statement that Afghanistan’s gross narcotics were estimated at between $ 1.8 billion and $ 2.7 billion last year.

According to the report, currently 23 provinces in Afghanistan are affected by poppy cultivation and 11 provinces are free of poppy.