Tobias Ellwood made several claims about the situation in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
A senior Conservative MP has been criticised for claiming there had been improvements in Afghanistan.
However, the ban on production doesn't mean the end of the opium trade. Experts says that while production has significantly reduced in poppy-growing areas, the opium trade out of Afghanistan has not stopped. He said: "I'm sure it's still grown, but as a 'mass trade' the locals reported it is no longer there."He clarified to the BBC his observation was based on conversations with locals.according to Berlin-based Transparency InternationalAfghanistan ranked 150 out of the 180 countries, improving slightly from its 2021 ranking of 174, but still very low.
The number of casualties recorded after the Taliban takeover are well below figures from previous years, when foreign forces were still in the country fighting the Taliban.Between August 2021 and May 2023, total civilian casualties stood at 3,774, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
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