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Poppy cultivation on the rise in Afghanistan: Officials

Thursday, 12 April 2018 5:18 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 12 April 2018 5:21 PM ]

Afghan farmers harvest opium sap from a poppy field in Zari District in Kandahar province on April 9, 2018. (AFP)

Amin Alemi
Press TV, Kabul

Afghan officials say opium poppy cultivation is increasing in Afghanistan, calling on the regional countries as well as the world community to do more.

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