Isolated and under economic sanctions, Taliban officials in Afghanistan have once again announced a ban on poppy cultivation, use, and trafficking. 1 Armed guards watch as the Taliban's anti-narcotics ...

Afghanistan's opium poppy cultivation fell to 10,200 hectares this year, one of the lowest levels recorded in the country's history, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said, but the Taliban ban has ...

Bonai: The spread of illegal poppy or opium cultivation across forests and remote areas of Sundargarh district and other ...

Opium poppy buds at an illegal field in Hopong, a town in Myanmar's Shan State, in 2019 [File: Ye Aung Thu/AFP] Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has hit a 10-year peak, with the crop area increasing ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan farmers have lost income of more than $1 billion from opium sales after the Taliban outlawed poppy cultivation, according to a report from the U.N. drugs agency published ...

In a major anti-narcotics drive, the Tirap district administration, Department of Tax & Excise and Narcotics, in coordination with Tirap District Police, Central Reserve Police Force (36 Bn) and 44 ...

Bangkok, Thailand — Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government's crackdown on the trade, according to a United Nations report ...

The Taliban on Sunday announced a ban on cultivating poppy flowers, which are used to make heroine, in a move seen as courting global approval while also putting farmers’ livelihoods at risk. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan farmers have lost ...