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A infografia mostra o cultivo de papoila do ópio no Afeganistão e as áreas de controlo.
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AFEGANISTÃO

Indústria da heroína em crescendo no Afeganistão

May 20, 2019 - Os painéis solares baratos estão a fomentar a produção de papoila afegã, que está perto do nível mais alto desde o início da monitorização da ONU em 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: 21/05/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press
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