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Byline: Saad Mohseni Three years have passed since the chaotic U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the takeover of the country by the Taliban. The botched exit wasn't merely a [...]

Byline: RUCHI KUMAR Mumbai-based journalist who covers conflict, politics and gender. From 2014 to 2021, she reported out of Kabul. For nearly three decades, Afghanistan had been among the world's [...]

Afghanistan’s opium-poppy industry has nearly collapsed after a 2022 prohibition on narcotic production, but without sustainable alternatives for farmers amid a poverty crisis and climate-change shocks, it is a fragile success story, Ruchi Kumar is a Mumbai-based journalist who covers conflict, politics and gender. From 2014 to 2021, she reported out of Kabul. For nearly three decades, Afghanistan had been among the [...]

Prague, Aug 9 (CTK) - Czech cereal harvest will fall by 9.5 percent yr/yr to 6.772 million tonnes this year, and rapeseed harvest is likely to decline annually by 26.5 [...]

Byline: Shelby Powell Jul. 31Arrested on July 29 Jackie Sanders, 32, Lenoir. Failure to appear, received a $1,415 cash appearance. Jennifer Anderson, 41, Lenoir. Possession of drug paraphernalia, carrying a [...]

On July 4, JICA President Tanaka Akihiko met with Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at JICA Headquarters. During this [...]

Delegations from Afghanistan and about 30 other countries have arrived in Doha to start a third round of United Nations-sponsored talks on integrating the South Asian country into the international [...]

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark -- The following information was released by the University of Arkansas: The International and Global Studies Program will host professor Peter Thilly from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, [...]

KABUL, September 8, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A total of 122,000 drug users were hospitalized in Afghanistan, according to Mullah Abdul Haq Hamkar, deputy head of the country's counter-narcotics [...]

ZARANJ, Afghanistan, September 8, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Authorities have set on fire 10 tonnes of illicit drugs in Afghanistan's western Nimruz province, according to provincial director for counter-narcotics [...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, September 3, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Counter-narcotics police during a series of operations in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province have discovered 150 kg of opium poppy and taken [...]

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, August 27, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Police have discovered more than one ton of opium poppy and arrested two people on the charge of involvement in the [...]

KABUL, August 25, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Police arrested a drug smuggler and discovered 30 kg of opium poppy from his possession in the northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on [...]

VIENNA, Austria -- The following information was released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: For years, Nang Htwe had felt trapped. A widowed farmer living in the [...]

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, August 11, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Police during a crackdown on drug dealers have arrested two drug smugglers and discovered more than 42 kg of opium poppy [...]

Czech Republic: The Czech Statistical Office has issued the following press release: The second estimate of this year's harvest as at 15 July confirmed year-on-year (y-o-y) lower production of both [...]

ZARANJ, Afghanistan, August 5, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Counter-narcotics police have discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab in western Afghanistan's Nimroz province, an official said Monday. Acting on [...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 26, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Police have seized 46 kg of opium poppy in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province and arrested three persons on the charge of [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Department of State: Secretary Blinken will travel to Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) on July 27 to participate in [...]

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, July 23, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Counter-narcotics police have eradicated a total of 251 acres of poppy farms in north Afghanistan's Baghlan province, said a statement of [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Cato Institute: Jeffrey A. Singer The German edition of Medscape Medical News reported on July 19 that Europe is beginning to [...]

On July 4, JICA President Tanaka Akihiko met with Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at JICA Headquarters. During this [...]

Eastern Europe, once seen as immune to the opioid crisis wreaking havoc across North America, has been ramping up its fight against the rise of the dangerous, synthetic drugs. There [...]

TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, July 13, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Counter-Narcotics Police have destroyed seven acres of poppy farms in south Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, Bilal Urozgani, spokesman for provincial [...]

KABUL, July 12, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Afghan security forces have seized 700 kg of illicit drugs in the eastern Paktika province, state-run media Bakhtar News Agency reported on […]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 8, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Police have discovered more than 2 tonnes of illegal drugs including heroin and destroyed poppy farms in south Afghanistan's Kandahar province [...]

Byline: national health reporter Elise Worthington and Richard Mockler nitazenes, drugs, opioid, overdose, fentanyl, heroin, naloxone, police, ambulance, MDMA, ketamine, cocaine Drug and Substance Abuse; Drugs; Doctors and Medical Professionals; [...]

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, July 3, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Afghan Counter-narcotics police have demolished a total of 1,699 acres of poppy lands in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, said a statement [...]

Bangladesh, June 24 -- While Kuki-Chin terrorists in Bangladeshs hill tracts areas as well as Kuki-Zo in Indian state of Manipur are becoming news headlines for the past several weeks [...]

Byline: ALI MALIK TARIQ-Lahore Myanmar, despite its vast resources of tin, tungsten, copper, gold, zinc, lead, nickel, silver, timber, gemstones, oil and gas reserves, faces unrest, ethnic strife, poverty, insecurity [...]

Byline: Akhtar Makoii ALONG a barren, dusty road on Afghanistan's border with Iran, slingshots line the sand. For years, they have propelled drugs from western Nimroz province across the border [...]

Byline: Simon Romero and Daniele Volpe The convoy rolled out of the military base before dawn into the mist-shrouded mountains straddling Guatemala's border with Mexico. Its mission: destroy opium poppies [...]

Byline: Ariella Garmaise Ç£Worry,Ç¥ Alexandra TannerÇÖs debut book, is not a covid novel, but youÇÖd be forgiven for mistaking it for one. A 2019 period piece set in the dwindling [...]

Byline: Ariella Garmaise 'Worry,' Alexandra Tanner's debut book, is not a covid novel, but you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for one. A 2019 period piece set in the dwindling [...]

ZARANJ, Afghanistan, June 29, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Afghan police discovered 1,500 kg of illicit drugs, including opium and heroin, and arrested 120 alleged drug smugglers in western Afghanistan's [...]

All the critical stakeholders should do more to stem the drug menace As drug abuse and illicit trafficking become more prevalent in the country, today's ceremony is important, even when [...]

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, June 14, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Afghan counter-narcotics police have destroyed poppy farms covering 1,419 acres of land in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, a local official said [...]

KABUL, June 11, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Afghanistan's counter-narcotics police have wiped out over 30,000 acres of poppy farms in northern Badakhshan province over the past three months, a [...]

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Afghan counter-narcotics police have destroyed poppy farms covering 640 acres of land in north Afghanistan's Baghlan province, a statement of the [...]

KABUL, May 23, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The counter-narcotics police have wiped out over 17,500 acres of poppy farms in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province in the past one month, [...]

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, May 17, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Afghan counter-narcotics police have smashed poppy farms covering 800 acres of land in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, a statement of the [...]

Byline: Akhtar Makoii Along a barren, dusty road on Afghanistan's border with Iran, slingshots line the sand. For years, they have propelled drugs from western Nimroz province across the border [...]

KABUL, May 12, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The counter-narcotics police have wrecked 382 acres of poppy in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province over the past two months, the provincial police [...]

QALAT, Afghanistan, May 4, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The counter-narcotics police have demolished 200 acres of poppy cultivation in south Afghanistan's Zabul province over the past month, the provincial [...]

KABUL, April 24, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Afghan caretaker government has described the poppy product and its processing into drugs as a global problem and called upon the [...]