Opium prices in Afghanistan have skyrocketed, nearing record highs and primarily benefiting large traffickers and organised ...

Five years ago the province was Afghanistan's second-biggest opium producer, after the Taliban-controlled province of Helmand. For a brief period after a Taliban ban on poppies in 2000 ...

Opium is now being produced in the country's ... The only exception was the Helmand province which saw an increase of more ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the ... by geospatial firm Alcis indicates that in Helmand, previously a leading poppy-growing region ...

Kate Clark reports from Helmand where the Taleban insurgency is at its most fierce. After last year's record opium crop in Afghanistan, counter narcotics is a top priority for Britain, and the ...