Afghanistan produced an estimated 85% of the world’s opium in 2020, according to the latest United Nations figures. In 2018, the UN estimated that opium economy accounts for up to 11% of ...

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan jumped 32% during 2022 despite the ruling Taliban regime's ban on narcotics, according to an annual report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

But suppressing opium production without offering economic alternatives creates grave socioeconomic harms to the already suffering Afghan people. And it is setting up the world for far worse ...

Myanmar has become the world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan after the ruling Taliban imposed a ban on poppy cultivation, according to a new United Nations report. The ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two years after the Taliban banned opium, Afghan farmers turning to alternative crops are discovering that many no longer grow easily here because of the impact of ...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, previously the world's top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban administration banned the cultivation of narcotics last year ...

A UN report published on Wednesday said opium poppy production in Afghanistan rose by 19% in 2024, despite a ban by the Taliban government. Afghanistan was the world's largest supplier of opium ...

Afghan police and soldiers are pressing ahead with a plan to eradicate the world's largest opium crop, moving from field to field in southern Kandahar province with cutters and large sticks as ...

Myanmar has become the world’s top producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan in 2023, according to a new United Nations report. The 95 percent decline in opium cultivation in Afghanistan after a ...