Afghanistan accounts for 80 pc of illicit opium globally: UN

In a separate report, UNODC said that Afghanistan is home to an estimated 3.5 million drug users, which account for...

UN to develop AI to monitor Afghanistan's opium production

Under the research program, the researcher will use AI to interpret satellite imagery which will help them trace...

Poppy cultivation banned since Emirate's establishment: Taliban

Nafi Takor, the spokesman for the ministry, said that preventing the cultivation of poppy is part of the ministry's...

Afghanistan: Poppy cultivation sees surge in Kandahar, Helmand

Helmand [Afghanistan], March 5 (ANI): The cultivation of poppy for opium production has surged in Afghanistan's...

Afghanistan sees 45 pc surge in poppy cultivation, drug smuggling

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Afghanistan has witnessed a 45 per cent surge in poppy cultivation and drug...