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India raises concern over poppy cultivation, Taliban-Al-Qaida relations at
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
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 briefing on Afghanistan.
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Afghan farmers resorting to poppy cultivation for survival
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 (ANI): Amid severe economic crisis in Afghanistan, millions of destitute Afghan farmers and labourers have turned to the cultivation of opium poppies, the Office of the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a statement.
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Poppy cultivation continues in Afghanistan despite ban
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 29 (ANI): Poppy cultivation is still being carried out in Afghanistan despite a ban implemented by the Taliban on the growth, production and distribution of illicit drugs.
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Insurgent groups involved in poppy cultivation in Manipur, says N Biren Si
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 5 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said some insurgent groups of his state are involved in poppy cultivation.
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Afghanistan's drug industry continues to thrive despite ban on poppy culti
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): Afghanistan's fastest-growing drug industry operates from desert outposts in plain view, a US media report said on Monday, weeks after the Taliban announced a ban on poppy cultivation.
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Taliban meet French envoy to Afghanistan, discuss decree on prevention of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): Taliban member Suhail Shaheen has met with French envoy to Afghanistan Jean Marin Schuh and discussed several issues including the recent decree over the prevention of poppy cultivation and substitutes in Afghanistan.
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Taliban announce ban on poppy cultivation
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 3 (ANI): The Taliban on Sunday announced a ban on the cultivation of poppy.
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Afghanistan: Poppy cultivation sees surge in Kandahar, Helmand
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], March 5 (ANI): The cultivation of poppy for opium production has surged in Afghanistan's Helmand and Kandahar provinces in 2022 as compared to last year, local media reported citing farmers.
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Taliban authorities claim checking on poppy cultivation in Badakhshan prov
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Fayzabad [Afghanistan], February 20 (ANI): The Taliban regime in Afghanistan claims to have checked poppy cultivation, drug production and trafficking in the North-Eastern province of Badakhshan, according to a media report.
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Farmers in Afghanistan continue to grow opium poppy amid Taliban's unclear
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 13 (ANI): Afghan farmers have said they will continue to grow opium poppy as the Taliban have not sent any clear standings towards the eradication of the poppy cultivation, a media report said.
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Afghan drug menace might worsen as Taliban indicate legalising poppy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 8 (ANI): When the Taliban overran Kabul in August, concerns were raised that the drug menace in the country could get worse. However, the group then promised to eradicate the poppy cultivation will be stopped.
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Afghanistan sees 45 pc surge in poppy cultivation, drug smuggling
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): Afghanistan has witnessed a 45 per cent surge in poppy cultivation and drug smuggling this year when compared to the same period last year, the Afghan deputy minister of counter-narcotics said on Thursday.
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