Graphic toont de Afghaanse opiumpapaverteelt en de gebiedscontroles.
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AFGHANISTAN

Bloeiende Afghaanse heroïne-industry

May 20, 2019 - Door goedkope zonnepanelen vergroten de Afghaanse papaveroogst. De teelt staat bijna op het hoogste niveau sinds de VN in 1994 begon met controleren.

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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