The survey warned that high prices and dwindling opium stocks in the country may tempt Afghan farmers to ignore the Taliban’s ...

VIENNA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for ...

Poppy planting remains far below pre-ban levels, United Nations reports, despite rise of 19 percent year on year.

The Taliban banned the cultivation of narcotics in 2022, causing a drop in opium production last year. However, this year it ...

Dahod police arrest a caterer specializing in an illegal opium-infused drink called kasumbo, uncovering a network supplying poppy pods across Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Discover the investigation ...

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan spiked by 19 per cent in 2024, covering an estimated 12,800 hectares despite a ban imposed ...

From batting to legalise the consumption of opium, an addictive narcotic drug, to an appeal to break the past patriarchal ...

Opium poppy production in Afghanistan has increased by 19% in 2024, despite a 2022 Taliban ban. The UNODC reports the main production shifted from the southwest to the northeast. Prices remain high, ...

Despite a formal ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported a 19% ...

Over 10 quintals of opium poppy powder worth around Rs 1.5 crore was seized in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district along with the arrest of a man, police said on Wednesday. District Superintendent of ...

Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a fifth in the second full year since the Taliban banned it but remains a ...

"Despite the increase in 2024, opium poppy cultivation remains far below 2022, when an estimated 232,000 hectares were cultivated," the UNODC said in a statement. Dry opium prices stabilized ...