Prosperity or Penury: The political and economic fallout of the opium ban in Afghanistan
Kate Clark
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Jelena Bjelica
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Two new reports, one from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and another by David Mansfield and Alcis, show that Afghan farmers have largely complied with the Islamic Emirate’s ban on opium cultivation. They chart a swingeing cut in cultivation in 2023 – just 10,000 to 30,000 hectares of land sown with opium […]
Economy, Development, Environment
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