AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-POPPY FIELD-DESTRUCTION

AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-POPPY FIELD-DESTRUCTION

(230406) -- HERAT, April 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security force members destroy a poppy field during an anti-poppy farms campaign in Herat province, Afghanistan, April 4, 2023. Afghan security forces kicked off an anti-poppy farms campaign in the western Herat province, provincial head of Counter-Narcotics Mawlawi Hayatullah Rohani said Wednesday. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

Afghan forces launch campaign against poppy fields in Herat province

STORY: Afghan forces launch campaign against poppy fields in Herat province DATELINE: April 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the poppy fields in Herat province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MAWLAWI HAYATULLAH ROHANI, Provincial head of Counter-Narcotics 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): SHAHRAM KASHAWARZ, Local farmer STORYLINE: Afghan security forces kicked off an anti-poppy farm campaign in the western Herat province, provincial head of Counter-Narcotics Mawlawi Hayatullah Rohani said Wednesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MAWLAWI HAYATULLAH ROHANI, Provincial head of Counter-Narcotics "We have launched a fight against illicit drugs and poppy fields and have destroyed 241 acres of poppy farms over the past 25 days, and just on Tuesday we smashed three acres of poppy fields in Enjil district." The campaign to eradicate poppy farms would cover all districts in Herat province, the official said. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): SHAHRAM KASHAWARZ, Local farmer "Poppy cultivation is forbidde

Afghan police destroy drug lab, arrest 6 in Kunduz province

STORY: Afghan police destroy drug lab, arrest 6 in Kunduz province DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of police on duty in northern Kunduz province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested six people on charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Saturday, provincial head for information and culture Matiullah Rohani said. "Acting on a tip-off, the units of counter-narcotic police launched an operation in Nikpay village of Khanabad district in the wee hours of Saturday, destroying the lab and arrested six persons from the site," Ruhani told reporters here. The police had also uncovered a huge number of materials used in manufacturing heroin from the possessions of the arrested suspects, the official said. Afghan authorities have intensified their crackdown on illicit drugs and those involved in the underground business as security perso

AFGHANISTAN-KUNDUZ-CHECKPOINT

AFGHANISTAN-KUNDUZ-CHECKPOINT

(221211) -- KUNDUZ, Dec. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 11, 2022 shows a checkpoint in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested six people on charge of involvement in drug business in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Saturday, provincial head for information and culture Matiullah Rohani said. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

350 acres of hashish land destroyed in W. Afghanistan

STORY: 350 acres of hashish land destroyed in W. Afghanistan DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of counter-narcotics police destroying the hashish crops in Herat province STORYLINE: Afghan security forces have destroyed 350 acres of hashish farms over the past two months in western Herat province, head of the counter-narcotics force in the province Mawlawi Hayatullah Rohani said Monday. The operations have covered Enjil, Gazara, Shindand, Adraskan, Farsi, Obe and Zawal districts, the official said, adding that his administration would continue to fight poppy cultivation, hashish and all kinds of illegal crops used in manufacturing illicit drugs in the province. The counter-narcotics police have destroyed more than 5,000 acres of poppy and hashish fields across Herat province over the past five months, according to the official. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration, in a decree issued in April banne

Security forces destroy poppy farms in W. Afghanistan

STORY: Security forces destroy poppy farms in W. Afghanistan DATELINE: Aug. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of security forces destroying poppy farm STORYLINE: Units of the Counter-Narcotics Force have destroyed 5,000 acres of poppy cultivated farms in western Afghanistan's Herat province over the past four months, head of the counter-narcotics force in the province Mawlawi Hayatullah Rohani said Thursday. "In the latest move against illicit drugs, we destroyed eight acres of poppy and hashish fields on Wednesday alone," Rohani told Xinhua. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, supreme leader of the Taliban-run caretaker administration, in a decree issued in April banned poppy cultivation, processing and trafficking. Since then the security forces have been cracking down on narcotics in the war-torn country. The security forces have destroyed poppy and hashish fields in Gazara, Shindand, Adraskan, Farsi and Zawal districts over the past four months and would con