30 September - Afghanistan's opium production halved in 2010 but soaring prices may encourage farmers to go back to opium cultivation, warned UNODC in its 2010 Afghan Opium Survey released today.

19 November - The total area under opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan remains at very high levels despite a decrease by 20 per cent compared to 2017. The potential production of opium decreased by ...

Opium » Used for its soothing, sedative, dreamlike, and even divinatory properties, opium—whose most well-known derivatives include morphine, codeine, and semi-synthetic heroin—has fascinated humanity ...

The last three years have seen the Taliban placing restrictions on all aspects of women’s lives in Afghanistan. From education to employment. From movement to participation in everyday activities.

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11 minutes Perovskites, a ‘dirt cheap’ alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan ... on foreign aid and opium poppy cultivation, has contrac ...

Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri held a meeting with the “acting foreign minister of Afghanistan” Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai New Delhi: In a major move signifying strengthening of ...

Afghanistan has had a tumultuous recent past. In the last three decades, the country has been occupied by Soviet troops and US-led international forces, and in the years in between has been ruled by ...