The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued a report Thursday that found the amount of land used to cultivate opium poppies in Afghanistan has decreased by 20 percent over the past year.
“The total area under opium poppy cultivation in 2025 was estimated at 10,200 hectares, 20 per cent lower than in 2024 (12,800 hectares) and a fraction of the pre-ban levels recorded in 2022, when an estimated 232,000 hectares were cultivated nationwide,” UNODC said.
“Accordingly, opium production has also declined in 2025, at a rate even greater than that of cultivation, dropping by 32 per cent
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