By bnm Tehran bureau Opium prices are soaring in Afghanistan following the Taliban's drug cultivation ban, threatening regional stability, new data from the UN indicated on March 12. The Taliban swept ...

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The price of opium in Afghanistan surged to $750 per kilogram in 2024, a tenfold increase compared to two years prior, according to a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on ...

Mathura , The Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan on Monday began its grand Holi celebrations with Tesu and saffron-infused ...

For farmers displaced by conflict, the hard poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at ...

The Afghan caretaker government, which has banned poppy cultivation, processing of drugs, and drug trafficking, has vowed to fight the menace until the once-poppy growing country becomes a drug ...

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A British couple in their 70s who run education programs in Afghanistan have lost contact with their family after being detained by the Taliban early this month, their children say. The family ...

Police will not allow anyone to produce or smuggle hashish, poppy, or the objects used in manufacturing heroin in the province, the official said. The Afghan interim government, which has banned ...

Afghanistan’s Rahmat Shah scored a fighting 90 but South Africa’s seamers stifled the run-rate and picked up regular wickets as their opponents battled to stay in the contest and fell well short as ...