Opium price hike lures Afghan farmers to cultivate more poppy for larger profits

Nov 20, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 20 : Opium price hike is luring Afghan farmers to cultivate more poppy for larger profits, amid the deepening humanitarian crisis...

Taliban officials meet German, Dutch diplomats, promise to prevent cultivation, smuggling of opium

Nov 18, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 18 : Afghan officials on Thursday met diplomats of Germany and the Netherlands and promised to prevent the cultivation and smuggling...

Ban on opium cultivation can have adverse effects on Afghan economy: Report

Apr 15, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 : Amidst the worldwide disapproval of the Taliban's reign in Afghanistan, the probable ban on opium cultivation by them will...

Farmers in Afghanistan continue to grow opium poppy amid Taliban's unclear policy

Dec 13, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 13 : Afghan farmers have said they will continue to grow opium poppy as the Taliban have not sent any clear...

Afghan farmers resorting to poppy cultivation for survival

Oct 21, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 : Amid severe economic crisis in Afghanistan, millions of destitute Afghan farmers and labourers have turned to the cultivation of...

Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2022 up by 32 per cent: UN survey

Nov 01, 2022

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan - latest findings and emerging threats is the first report on the illicit opium economy since the Taliban, which assumed...