translate English to French: If the figures for Afghanistan were to be set aside, it would be seen that an 85 per cent decline in illicit opium poppy cultivation in South-East Asia's Golden Triangle had been achieved since 1998.
Si l'on excluait les chiffres de l'Afghanistan, on constaterait que la culture illicite du pavot à opium a reculé de 85 % dans le Triangle d'Or de l'Asie du Sud-Est depuis 1998.