Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), under Taliban control, has announced that the United Nations is organising an upcoming international conference in Kabul focused on alternatives to poppy cultivation.
Quoting a statement from a former UN official, it wrote that the primary objective of the conference is to attract financial support for individuals involved in the alternative poppy cultivation sector.
However, the report does not provide specific details regarding the exact date and time of the conference.
RTA stated that Pino Arlacchi, former executive director of UN drug control programme met with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul.
The purpose of this former UN official's trip to Kabul remains unclear.
During the meeting, Baradar said that the current level of narcotics production and trafficking in Afghanistan has "reached zero."
