KABUL, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces destroyed 19,761 hectares of land used for cultivating poppy and hashish across the country in 2025, deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat ...

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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan police have seized 237 tonnes of hashish in what NATO-led forces and the British government called the biggest narcotics haul in history. The cannabis product had an estimated ...

DEA, Afghan and U.S. forces find that Taliban are shifting production. June 13, 2008— -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has announced details of the largest drug seizure ever, as the ...

Afghan police have arrested eight individuals on charges of production and smuggling of narcotics in the northern Jawzjan ...

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 ...

Ask the villagers of Dalicharbolak how bad things are in the desert and they show you a boy named Saifudden. He is five, but looks two. He is too weak to walk, crawl or do anything but loll in his ...

This past summer, as the US military exited Afghanistan, and the country has fallen back into a transitional phase. Afghanistan first became a nation just over 100 years ago in 1919, but one thing ...

Last week, Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) announced the seizure of a huge shipment of hashish, weighing 3.37 metric tons and said to be destined for international markets. An ANF unit carried ...

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's interior minister set fire Wednesday to 5,500 pounds of hashish and raw opium seized in the capital, saying the act symbolized the rescue of thousands of lives. The ...

KABUL, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Afghanistan produces more than 90 percent of the world's supply of opium used to make heroin. It is also the largest supplier of hashish, a potent cannabis resin. Here are ...