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20 tonnes of drugs destroyed in Afghanistan

STORY: 20 tonnes of drugs destroyed in Afghanistan SHOOTING TIME: April 23, 2024 DATELINE: April 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan security force members in preparation for burning illicit drugs and the objects used in manufacturing drugs, in Kabul 2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): MUFTI AHMADULLAH AHMADI, Head of counter-narcotics police 3. various of the ceremony of setting on fire illicit drugs and the objects used in manufacturing drugs STORYLINE: The Afghan caretaker government held a ceremony on Tuesday to set on fire a huge quantity of illicit drugs and the objects used in manufacturing drugs on the outskirts of the capital city of Kabul. More than 20 tonnes of illicit drugs including 635 kg of heroin were set on fire publicly. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): MUFTI AHMADULLAH AHMADI, Head of counter-narcotics police "The counter-narcotics police have conducted more than 22,000 operations and arrested more than 9,000 individuals on the charge of involvement in drug

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-HASHISH-DEMOLISHED

(230925) -- PAKTIA, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police officers destroy hashish in Paktia province, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2023. The counter-narcotics police have smashed 3,060 acres of hashish in east Afghanistan's Paktia province, an official said on Sunday. (Photo by Yusuf Mangal/Xinhua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan shows samples of crystal meth in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan works with her colleague at a logistics center in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan works with her colleague at a logistics center in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan

STORY: Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: SHEBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of destroying a drug lab 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): MOHAMMAD YOUNUS AKHUNDZADA, Provincial director for counter-narcotics police 3. various of destroying a drug lab STORYLINE: Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. SOUNDBITE (Dari): MOHAMMAD YOUNUS AKHUNDZADA, Provincial director for counter-narcotics police "After spotting the place by security personnel of Qushtepa district we launched operations today and destroyed the drug lab with all its facilities including bowls and barrels, we set fire to all." Similarly, in Dara-e-Suf district of Samanagan province, police discovered and destroyed a drug lab and objects used in manufacturing heroin on Tuesd

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-DRUGS

(230713) -- JAWZJAN, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security personnel burn down drug processing facilities in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, July 10, 2023. Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan" (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-DRUGS

(230713) -- JAWZJAN, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security personnel prepare to burn down drug processing facilities in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, July 10, 2023. Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan" (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-DRUGS

(230713) -- JAWZJAN, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Drug processing facilities are burnt down in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, July 10, 2023. Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan" (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-DRUGS

(230713) -- JAWZJAN, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan security personnel burns down drug processing facilities in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, July 10, 2023. Police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested its owner in north Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, the provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Police destroy drug lab, arrest possessor in north Afghanistan" (Photo by Zekrullah Yazdani/Xinhua)

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Afghan police destroy 80 acres of poppy farms in Jawzjan province

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

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Afghan police destroy poppy farms in northern Balkh province

STORY: Afghan police destroy poppy farms in northern Balkh province DATELINE: May 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: BALKH, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan police destroying an illegal poppy field in Balkh province STORYLINE: Afghan police have destroyed 60 acres of poppy farms in the northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said on Wednesday. "The counter-narcotics police in the campaign against illicit drugs have destroyed 60 acres of poppy farms and hashish in Chamtal, Charbolak, Shortepa and Balkh districts of Balkh province since beginning this year," Waziri told reporters. Police have destroyed 2,200 acres of poppy farms in the province over the past year, the official said. In the fight against illicit crops, police have also destroyed 900 acres of poppy farms in the northern Badakhshan province over the past couple of weeks. In the campaign against illicit drugs in eastern Kapisa province, Afghan police smashed 160 hectar

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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)

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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

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AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-CHECKPOINT

(230107) -- BADAKHSHAN, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Security force members check vehicles at a checkpoint in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2023. The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-CHECKPOINT

(230107) -- BADAKHSHAN, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Security force members check a vehicle at a checkpoint in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2023. The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-BADAKHSHAN-CHECKPOINT

(230107) -- BADAKHSHAN, Jan. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Security force members check a vehicle at a checkpoint in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan on Jan. 6, 2023. The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. (Photo by Aimal Kakar/Xinhua)

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Afghan police destroy drug processing lab, arrest 2 in Badakhshan province

STORY: Afghan police destroy drug processing lab, arrest 2 in Badakhshan province DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan police on duty on the streets STORYLINE: The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan's northern Badakhsahn province on Wednesday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA) on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, the units of counter-narcotic police launched an operation in Argo district of Badakhshan province on Wednesday, discovering and destroying a drug processing lab and arresting two persons from the site, the news agency reported. According to the media outlet, the police had also uncovered a huge number of materials used in manufacturing heroin from the site. Afghan authorities have intensified their crackdown on illicit drugs and those involved in the underground business as security person

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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

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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)

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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

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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