India raises concern over poppy cultivation at UNSC briefing

India on Tuesday (local time) raised concerns over Opium poppy cultivation, Taliban-Al-Qaida relations and...

Afghans farmers resorting to poppy cultivation for survival

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 (ANI): Amid severe economic crisis in Afghanistan, millions of destitute Afghan...

Poppy cultivation continues in Afghanistan despite ban

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 29 (ANI): Poppy cultivation is still being carried out in Afghanistan despite a ban...

CM Biren Singh highlights 'insurgent groups' in poppy cultivation

Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 5 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said some insurgent groups...

Afghanistan's drug industry continues to thrive

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): Afghanistan's fastest-growing drug industry operates from desert outposts in plain...

Taliban meet French envoy to Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): Taliban member Suhail Shaheen has met with French envoy to Afghanistan Jean...

Taliban announce ban on poppy cultivation

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

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...

Taliban authorities claim checking on poppy cultivation in...

Fayzabad [Afghanistan], February 20 (ANI): The Taliban regime in Afghanistan claims to have checked poppy...

Farmers in Afghanistan continue to grow opium poppy amid...

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 13 (ANI): Afghan farmers have said they will continue to grow opium poppy as the...

Afghan drug menace might worsen as Taliban indicate...

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 8 (ANI): When the Taliban overran Kabul in August, concerns were raised that the drug...

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...