BAMIYAN, Afghanistan, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Authorities of the counter-narcotics department have destroyed 10.5 tons of illegal drugs in central Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, the provincial police office said in a statement on Wednesday.
The contraband including opium poppy, hashish, objects used in manufacturing heroin and other toxic items was burned publicly on Tuesday, the statement said.
Police in Bamiyan banned the cultivation of poppy, drug processing, and drug trafficking in the province, the statement added.
The Afghan caretaker government has vowed to fight the menace of drugs until the once-poppy growing country becomes a drug-free nation. ■