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...

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...

Haryana Police seizes over 30 kg opium, banned drugs; five held

Jan 15, 2021

Chandigarh (India), Jan 15 : Haryana Police on Friday said that in separate incidents they have seized 30.34 kilograms of Opium, 53,200 tablets falling...

India raises concern over poppy cultivation, Taliban-Al-Qaida relations at UNSC briefing on Afghanistan

Dec 20, 2022

India on Tuesday (local time) raised concerns over Opium poppy cultivation, Taliban-Al-Qaida relations and erosion of human rights at a United Nations Security Council...

Taliban mediating talks between banned outfit TTP, Islamabad: Report

Nov 07, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], November 8 : The Taliban is mediating talks between banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Pakistan government, according to reports.

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...