All posts tagged "opium"

Afghanistan poppy cultivation grows 19 percent despite ban: UN

Many farmers in Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, were hit hard financially by the ban and have not been able to reap...

Helmand police destroy over 6,000kg of drugs in past 6 months

Police also arrested 281 people in connection with the possession and sale of drugs in this time

Islamic Emirate’s narcotics policy has ‘devastated’ livelihoods in rural areas: ICG 

Farmers have lost an estimated $1.3 billion annually, or eight percent of GDP in 2023. 

IEA rejects SIGAR’s claims that opium trade in Afghanistan is ongoing

Qane said that the opium problem in the country has been eradicated and that addicts have been rounded up and placed in rehabilitation facilities.

Ban on opium cultivation in Afghanistan cost farmers $1.3 billion

Thousands will die in Europe if poppies not grown in Afghanistan: Spanish official

Iranian official claims opium production in Afghanistan has not declined

Myanmar is now world’s largest source of opium, UN says

Reports of significant drop in poppy production in Afghanistan ‘credible’: US special envoy

Saffron cultivation yields positive results in Kandahar

Clerics help enforce IEA’s opium ban

Iranian police seize almost one ton of drugs in single operation 

Afghanistan poppy cultivation declines; opium production rises