Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan experienced a staggering estimated decline of 95 percent in 2023, driven by a drug ban imposed by the Taliban in April 2022, as revealed in a recent research brief by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
In this program, host Mutalib Feraji discusses the topic with Ibrahim Azhar, former counter-narcotics minister, and Aziz Stanekzai, an analyst in political affairs.
