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UN report shows Taliban eradicated opium cultivation
United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) 2001 survey shows that
When Taliban Banned opium production, There was 91 % decrease in total poppy cultivation area
Raw opium production was reduced 94% as compared to 2000 and 96% as compared to 1999
Below are the images from report
Reference:
You can read full report here
http://www.unodc.org/pdf/publications/report_2001-10-16_1.pdf
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Few Facts before you go through this report
Badakhshan Province had highest cultivation rate. It never came under control of Taliban.
Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badakhshan_Province
If you substract the cultivation of badakhshan province , then Taliban had eradicated almost 99% opium production
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New York Times Report

Reference:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/world/taliban-s-ban-on-poppy-a-success-us-aides-say.html