Opium production thrives amid crisis in Afghanistan

The crisis, with a shortage of food, employment and liquidity, has prevented the Taliban from keeping their promise of outlawing opium production in the country.

Thousands of people have been pushed into drug addiction in Afghanistan - the world's largest producer of opium - amid the ongoing economic crisis since the Taliban came to power in August last year.

A thick fog smelling of burnt drugs rises from under one of Kabul's bridges, where a crowd gathers daily in the dry riverbed to buy and consume opium.

The crisis, with a shortage of food, employment and liquidity, has prevented the Taliban from keeping their promise of outlawing opium production in the country.

Opium cultivation in afghanistan is likely to reduce its price in world markets.

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