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Taliban's Opium Ban Collapses? Afghan Poppy Cultivation Quadruples Amid Hunger Crisis | RA1G

Name: Taliban's Opium Ban Collapses? Afghan Poppy Cultivation Quadruples Amid Hunger Crisis | RA1G
Uploaded: 2026-10-29T08:30:52Z
Duration: 3 min 29 s
Description: Afghanistan's opium poppy cultivation has surged 330% despite the Taliban's 2022 ban, according to a new UN report. As drought, poverty and foreign aid cuts deepen Afghanistan's hunger crisis, desperate farmers return to poppy farming to feed their children. The Taliban disputes the findings, raising questions about the ban's future....

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