The poppy fields must be destroyed. But just as this devoutly Muslim nation did not become the world's leading opium supplier overnight, uprooting Afghanistan's poppy mind-set promises to be a ...

CHENNAI: Poppy seeds sourced from Pakistan and Afghanistan are being smuggled into India from south-east Asian countries ...

and is now concentrated in northeastern provinces instead of in the Taliban strongholds of southern Afghanistan. In May, clashes between farmers and brigades sent to destroy their poppy fields ...

farmers in southern Afghanistan are swapping out their poppy plants for wheat crops. The farmers are participating in programs sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development ...

Poppy fields were reduced from 233,000 hectares ... and Crime (UNODC), announced last week that the price of opium from Afghanistan has gone up tenfold – from $75 to $750 per kilogram.

poppy cultivation has practically come to a standstill. For the first time in decades, Myanmar has replaced Afghanistan as the world's largest opium and heroin producer. It would be natural to ...

In April 2022, Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict new laws. Opium is the essential ingredient for manufacturing the street drug heroin ...

Authorities uncover poppy cultivation in Dera Ismail Khan linked to terrorism financing. Officials urge urgent action to dismantle the drug-terrorism network.

KABUL, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Afghan counter-narcotics police have smashed poppy farms on 180 acres of land, and arrested three people in south Afghanistan's Helmand province, provincial police ...

has vowed to fight the drug menace until the once poppy-growing Afghanistan becomes a drug-free nation. Enditem Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join the conversation.