Myanmar becomes world's biggest opium producer, overtakes Afghanistan: UN report

Dec 14, 2023

Myanmar has overtaken Afghanistan to become the world's biggest opium producer, the United Nations said in a report.

Largest opium producer Afghanistan, contributes 87 pc total global output

Mar 17, 2022

Vienna [Austria], March 17 : With about 87 per cent of the global production, Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer despite a 9...

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...

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...

Afghanistan: Opium production rising under Taliban regime

Nov 17, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 17 : The opium cultivation and production has increased in drought-affected southern Afghanistan, Kandahar and Helmand after the Taliban took...

Taliban unlikely to curb Afghanistan's drug trade: Report

May 26, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 26 : The Taliban through tactical declarations have been pretending to halt production of narcotics in Afghanistan to evade close international...