Afghanistan's drug industry continues to thrive despite ban on poppy cultivation

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): Afghanistan's fastest-growing drug industry operates from desert outposts in plain view, a US media report said on Monday, weeks after the Taliban announced a ban on poppy cultivation.

This comes as Afghanistan has been a global hub for opium production, estimated to supply 80 percent of the world's opiate users.

According to The Washington Post, the meth industry is growing at record spe