UN officials urge Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent it sliding into instability - Two top United Nations ...

Following a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan imposed by the de facto authorities, the Taliban, in April 2022, opium production plunged by an estimated 95 percent by 2023 from 6,200 tons in 2022 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afghan men smoke drugs on the side of a highway in the outskirts of Kabul. The price of opium in Afghanistan surged to $750 per ...

Afghanistan is witnessing a surge in opium prices and the ‘massive profits’ from it are being reaped by criminal gangs, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The fields of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan were free of opium poppies this year, a success touted often by Afghan and international officials. But one look at Mohammad ...

Afghanistan saw a drop in opium cultivation this year for the first time since 2009, a United Nations report said, citing drought conditions as a key reason for the decline. Poppy cultivation in ...

Tribal elders in southeastern Afghanistan have threatened to torch the houses of people found growing opium and make them pay a hefty fine in a bid to stamp out the burgeoning poppy cultivation. By ...

As opium production in Afghanistan has collapsed, UN drug experts are concerned about new and dangerous alternative products. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna warned in particular ...