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Afghan police destroy poppy cultivation

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QALAT, Afghanistan, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The counter-narcotics police have demolished 200 acres of poppy cultivation in south Afghanistan's Zabul province over the past month, the provincial police said in a statement on Saturday.

Police have taken into custody several suspects on the charge of involvement in drug business during this period, the statement said.

Poppy cultivation in the war-ravaged country had reduced by 95 percent, according to figures released by the United Nations last year. Enditem

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