Pakistan announced it would upgrade its chargé d'affaires in Kabul to an ambassador. The next day, the Taliban's envoy in Islamabad also assumed the status of ambassador. Reciprocity worked ...

Southern Shan State, Myanmar – Tian Win Nang squats on the hard-packed earth, balancing a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of ...

The Taliban leadership is seeking to leverage Afghanistan’s considerable mineral wealth in a comprehensive effort to gain ...

An EU drug report shows synthetic substances are on an upward trend. Drugs like cathinones are now made in Europe to keep up ...

Drug trafficking is an enterprise primarily driven by monetary incentives, serving as a significant revenue source for organised criminal factions. Many of these syndicates are also involved in other ...

Within the country, individuals are trafficked for purposes such as bonded labour, sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, ...

Following a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan imposed by the de facto authorities, the Taliban, in April 2022, opium production plunged by an estimated 95 percent by 2023 from 6,200 tons in ...

Afghanistan is witnessing a surge in opium prices and the ‘massive profits’ from it are being reaped by criminal gangs, United Nations' drugs watchdog has flagged. But why are opium prices in ...