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Taliban hide details of drug trade revenue amid financial crisis in Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] December 2 (ANI): Taliban which was always suspected to be one of the wealthiest militant groups in the world, has never let out the details about the volume and revenue of the drug trade, as Afghanistan going through grave financial crisis.
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Taliban rule in Afghanistan faces economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 28 (ANI): Taliban rule in Afghanistan faces an economic crisis following its takeover of the landlocked country in August this year.
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NCB seize more than 100 kg poppy straw, other drugs during raids in Nanded
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 23 (ANI): The Narcotics Control Bureau seized 111 Kg of Poppy Straw (commercial quantity), 1.4 Kg of Opium, Cash Rs. 1.55 Lakh along with 2 grinding machines which are used for grinding of Poppy Seeds, electronic scale and note counting machine on Monda
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Opium price hike lures Afghan farmers to cultivate more poppy for larger p
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 20 (ANI): Opium price hike is luring Afghan farmers to cultivate more poppy for larger profits, amid the deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Afghan heroin flooding global markets, motivating narco-terrorism: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 20 (ANI): After the Taliban assumed power in Kabul, a fresh threat has emerged and that is heroin from Afghanistan, which has started flooding global markets and motivating narco-terrorism, making a severe threat to peace, a report said.
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Taliban officials meet German, Dutch diplomats, promise to prevent cultiva
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 18 (ANI): Afghan officials on Thursday met diplomats of Germany and the Netherlands and promised to prevent the cultivation and smuggling of opium in the country.
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Afghanistan: Opium production rising under Taliban regime
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 17 (ANI): The opium cultivation and production has increased in drought-affected southern Afghanistan, Kandahar and Helmand after the Taliban took control of Kabul in August.
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Punjab Police recovers 55 kg opium from Jalandhar, 1 held
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 9 (ANI): In the fight against drugs, Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested a drug smuggler after recovering 55 kg opium from his possession during a special checking near Kartarpur in Jalandhar.
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UN body expresses concerns over possible narcotics production, smuggling i
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 23 (ANI): In view of the developments in Afghanistan, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has expressed concerns over the possibility of insurgent groups in the country taking advantage of the situation and increasing the flow of narcotics in Afg
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Telangana CM asked police, excise officials to wipe out opium's illegal cu
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 21 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday instructed the police and excise officials to wipe out Opium's illegal cultivation, usage and stamp it down.
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Taliban money trail: How funding continued over 20 years
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 9 (ANI): The blitzkrieg of the Taliban in Afghanistan is an issue of debate among experts. Apart from determination, a military conquest is also a battle of resources, so where did the Taliban get the funds to conduct their blitz through the nation while the
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Taliban raises funds from drugs, taxes, mysterious sponsors, says expert
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 1 (ANI): The Taliban over the years has learned to raise funds not only by trafficking opium and heroin, but also by imposing taxes on controlled territories, demanded tribute from transport companies and mobile operators, and also receiving money from Pakistan
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