Or opium use? What the Taliban are doing isn't ... They direct water to this or that farm simply by pushing aside a pile of mud with a hoe. As one USAID irrigation specialist said as we watched ...

A Manipur Police team that went to destroy illegal opium cultivation in the hills of Kangpokpi district were stopped by ...

A Manipur Police team tasked with eradicating illegal opium cultivation in Kangpokpi district was forced to retreat after it ...

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

In a shocking incident, a police team in Manipur narrowly escaped unhurt after facing nearly 80 armed men during an operation ...

Solar has transformed the productivity of farms in the region. I've got a video shot a couple of weeks ago on an opium farm in what used to be desert. The farmer shows us his two arrays of 18 ...

Dry opium prices stabilized around $730 a kilogram in the first half of this year, far above the pre-ban average of $100, the report said. Last year's report said that in August 2023 those farm ...

Solar has transformed the productivity of farms in the region. I've got a video shot a couple of weeks ago on an opium farm in what used to be desert. The farmer shows us his two arrays of 18 ...

He assigns two of his sons to be on lookout around the farm in case the Taliban become suspicious. The 42-year-old needs just 10 more days to reap the bountiful harvest of opium. “I had several ...

Heroin made from Afghan opium makes up 95% of the market in Europe ... it is quiet in the farm. During the war, the field was a front line. Helmand was where UK troops had a base and where ...

Opium cultivation rose by 19 percent in Afghanistan ... Crisis Group (ICG), "so the focus should be on job creation in non-farm industries". The UNODC and the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ...