News:2013-09-12/Report/un-cannabis-survey-reports-a-provincial-ban-cut-cannabis-cultivation-in-uruzgan-in-2012

NewsReport12 September 2013

UN cannabis survey reports a provincial ban cut cannabis cultivation in Uruzgan in 2012

Dawn, republishing a Guardian report, said the UN cannabis survey found that the area of Afghan farmland planted with cannabis fell by nearly a fifth in 2012, mainly because Uruzgan province had launched an eradication campaign. According to the article, Uruzgan had over 1,000 hectares of cannabis in 2011 and under 100 hectares in 2012. Dawn quotes the survey, which attributed the fall to a strictly enforced ban by provincial authorities, imposed because insurgent groups seemed to be hiding in cannabis fields.

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PlaceUruzgan ProvinceAfghanistan

AgencyUruzgan provincial authorities

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2013-09-12 Report UN cannabis survey reports a provincial ban cut cannabis cultivation in Uruzgan in 2012 Dawn, republishing a Guardian report, said the UN cannabis survey found that the area of Afghan farmland planted with cannabis fell by nearly a fifth in 2012, mainly because Uruzgan province had launched an eradication campaign. According to the article, Uruzgan had over 1,000 hectares of cannabis in 2011 and under 100 hectares in 2012. Dawn quotes the survey, which attributed the fall to a strictly enforced ban by provincial authorities, imposed because insurgent groups seemed to be hiding in cannabis fields. https://www.dawn.com/news/1042248/cannabis-output-rises-in-afghanistan Afghanistan Uruzgan Province Uruzgan provincial authorities