(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 17 - Afghanistan will no longer be a center for the cultivation of opium poppies or for the drug business. This was assured by the spokesman of the Taliban during a press conference in Kabul. He added that the new government will need international support to promote an alternative to poppy cultivation.
And answering a question about the risk that Afghanistan asylum to foreign fighters or al Qaeda terrorists, spokesman Mujahid said: "Afghan soil will not be used against anyone, we can secure it". (HANDLE).