The former Chief of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced the organization of an international conference aimed at attracting financial support for alternative livelihoods for Afghan farmers in Kabul.
The Deputy Economic Advisor to the Acting Prime Minister’s Office, in a newsletter on Monday, March 4, revealed that Pino Arlacchi, the former Chief of the UNODC, raised this issue during a meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
The former Executive Director of the UNODC emphasized that the international community must collaborate with the current administration to facilitate the establishment of alternative poppy cultivation for Afghan farmers.
According to the newsletter from the Deputy Economic Advisor’s office, Arlacchi added that they plan to host an international conference in Kabul shortly to garner international financial support for alternative poppy cultivation for Afghan farmers.
The meeting also discussed the fight against drugs by the interim government and cooperation between Afghanistan and the international community in this regard.
The Deputy Economic Advisor of the interim government stated that a conducive environment for promoting alternative crop cultivation in Afghanistan has been created, and international organizations can collaborate in this regard.
In this meeting, Mullah Baradar stated that the interim government has been seriously combating drug cultivation and trafficking in Afghanistan over the past two and a half years, and the production and trafficking of drugs have now reached zero levels.
He added that thousands of addicts have been rehabilitated, and their treatment has been improved.
According to the Deputy Economic Advisor’s office, Mullah Baradar mentioned that educational programs have been launched to provide job opportunities for rehabilitated addicts.
The efforts discussed in the meeting reflect the ongoing commitment to combat drug cultivation and trafficking in Afghanistan and to provide support and alternative livelihoods for affected communities.
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