Taliban announce ban on poppy cultivation

Apr 03, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 3 : The Taliban on Sunday announced a ban on the cultivation of poppy.

Poppy cultivation continues in Afghanistan despite ban

Jun 29, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 29 : Poppy cultivation is still being carried out in Afghanistan despite a ban implemented by the Taliban on the growth,...

Afghanistan's drug industry continues to thrive despite ban on poppy cultivation

May 03, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 : Afghanistan's fastest-growing drug industry operates from desert outposts in plain view, a US media report said on Monday, weeks...

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...

Taliban authorities claim checking on poppy cultivation in Badakhshan province

Feb 20, 2022

Fayzabad [Afghanistan], February 20 : The Taliban regime in Afghanistan claims to have checked poppy cultivation, drug production and trafficking in the North-Eastern province...

Destroyed 4,000 hectares of poppy fields in Afghanistan, claims Taliban

May 08, 2023

Head of the Taliban-led MoI, Hasibullah Ahmadi, said the process of destroying poppy fields is ongoing in Badakhshan, Kunduz, Takhar and Faryab provinces.