| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Illegal
Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record?
Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record?
The Taliban claims opium poppy cultivation was stopped and the flow of illegal drugs halted when it was last in power in Afghanistan.
But although there was a sharp drop in 2001 - when it was last in control - opium poppy cultivation in Taliban-held areas has risen in subsequent years. (BBC, 25.08.2021)