how do you plan to help them? translation: we know that people are very poor, - but opium causes a lot of addiction. we call on international organizations to help afghans facing losses. but then, at the same time, you re making the operations and the funding of aid agencies in this country extremely difficult by the ban on afghan women working for them. you can t have it both ways. translation: they should not link humanitarian issues - with political matters. opium isn t just harming afghanistan. the whole world is affected by it. for now, the taliban appear to have accomplished what no one else could, but there are questions about how long they can sustain it. the satellite analysis was done by a uk firm, which has long specialised in this and they ve actually put a number to what we found on the ground.
of the questions to her and see what advice we can offer people. rgreat advice we can offer people. great stuff, advice we can offer people. great stuff. thank advice we can offer people. great stuff, thank you. nearly all of the heroin sold in europe is made with opium from afghanistan but now research suggests the taliban government has enforced a successful ban on growing the crop. satellite analysis from a uk based company shows that opium farming is down by as much as 80% compared to last year an unprecedented reduction. 0ur south asia correspondent yogita limaye has this report. we ve been given rare access to the taliban s campaign to eradicate poppy in nangarhar province. they ve been at it for five months already. so now, we need to go on foot, in this remote area near the border with pakistan, to find a standing crop. so, the field to the right
the taliban are accused of profiting from it when they were fighting against foreign forces and the former afghan regime, a claim they deny. but now there s evidence, from what we ve seen and from satellite analysis, of an unprecedented reduction in opium farming. we met the main spokesman of the taliban government, who told us they banned opium because it s harmful and goes against their religious beliefs. farmers say they re not getting any support from your government. how do you plan to help them? translation: we know that people are very poor. - but opium causes a lot of addiction. we call on international organisations to help afghans facing losses. but then at the same time, you re making the operations and the funding of aid agencies in this country extremely difficult by the ban on afghan women working for them. you can t have it both ways. translation: they should not
criminal acts of ukraine after the dam damage. a glimpse of perhaps the tactics from roger at the security council meeting a little later. nearly all of the heroin sold in europe is made with opium from afghanistan, but now research suggests the taliban government has enforced a successful ban on growing the crop. satellite analysis from a uk based company shows that opium farming is down by as much as 80% compared to last year an unprecedented reduction. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. we ve been given rare access to the taliban s campaign to eradicate poppy in nangarhar province. they ve been at it for five months already. so now, we need to go on foot, in this remote area near the border with pakistan, to find a standing crop. so, the field to the right
of violent clashes between them and angry locals. afghanistan used to produce more than 80% of the world s opium. the taliban are accused of profiting from it when they were fighting against foreign forces and the former afghan regime a claim they deny. but now there s evidence, from what we ve seen and from satellite analysis, of an unprecedented reduction in opium farming. we met the main spokesman of the taliban government, who told us they banned opium because it s harmful and goes against their religious beliefs. farmers say they re not getting any support from your government. how do you plan to help them? translation: we know that people are very poor. - but opium causes a lot of addiction. we call on international organisations to help