According to a #UNODC report, poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has dropped by 95% since the #Taliban banned it in April 2022!
According to this report, poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has decreased from 6,200 tons to 333 tons. Thus, the area under poppy cultivation, which produces #opium and #heroin, decreased from 230,000 hectares to about 11,000 hectares.
New satellite imagery shows a significant reduction in poppy crops in #Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power.
Helmand province, which was the world's largest poppy producer, is now planted with wheat.