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Grafik zeigt den Anbau von Opiummohn in Afghanistan und die kontrollierten Gebiete.
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AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistans blühende Heroin Industrie

May 20, 2019 - Mit billigen Solarpaneelen erreciht in Afghanistan die Mohnernte ihren Höchststand seit Beginn der Überwachung durch die Vereinten Nationen 1994.

The ability to drill wells and, more recently, to extract water from them cheaply with solar power is transforming the landscape of southern Afghanistan, according to The Economist newspaper.

Between 2002 and 2018, some 3,600 square kilometres in southwestern Afghanistan were reclaimed for cultivation from the desert.

According to the U.S. military, Afghanistan’s opium poppy harvest produces about 90 percent of the world’s illicit heroin.

Opium helps to fund the Taliban, Afghanistan’s main insurgent group.

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PUBLISHED: 20/05/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press
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