International

Operation against poppy cultivation

June 01, 2012 | 12:00 AM

POPPY

Afghan police destroy poppy (raw material to be used in making heroin) fields in Deshala district and Pol-e-Hisar district of Baghlan province yesterday. Less than 2% of Afghanistan’s illegal opiate production is seized by security forces, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said, as it announced that it would be spending $117mn over the next three years on its counter narcotics programme in the war-torn country

June 01, 2012 | 12:00 AM