STORY: Afghan police destroy 80 acres of poppy farms in Jawzjan province
DATELINE: June 20, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:24
LOCATION: Kabul
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Afghan police destroying poppy farms in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan
2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): YUNUS AKHUNDZADA, Provincial director of counter-narcotics

STORYLINE:

Afghan police have destroyed around 80 acres of poppy farms and hashish in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province over the past two months, an official said on Tuesday.
   
SOUNDBITE (Pashto): YUNUS AKHUNDZADA, Provincial director of counter-narcotics
"Over the past two months, during a series of operations, we have destroyed 80 acres of poppy farms and hashish in seven districts of Jawzjan province, including six acres of hashish farms today."

In similar operations against illicit crops, police destroyed around 600 acres of poppy farms in three provinces several weeks ago.
   
Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of Afghan caretaker administration, issued a decree in April last year banning the cultivation, processing and trafficking of illegal crops including poppy.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul.
(XHTV)