Poppies

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The area under poppy cultivation has risen this year in southern Kandahar province, where an anti-poppy drive is being launched shortly, an

LASHKARGAH (PAN): District police chiefs received a training on how to combat poppy cultivation in southern Helmand province during a three-day workshop that concluded here

KABUL rose by a record 36 percent in 2013, when opium production went up by almost a half since 2012, the United Nations said on

KABUL, calling for more police personnel to intensify the war on drugs. Lt. Gen, Baz Mohammad Ahmadi, the department’s deputy head, was speaking to reporters

KABUL could not afford to be complacent about poppy cultivation, a research organisation warned on Tuesday, suggesting gains must be carefully measured, policies contextualised and 

FIAZABAD (PAN): Poppy crops grown over up to 300 hectares of land have been eradicated as part of an ongoing anti-poppy campaign in northeastern Badakhshan

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Residents of Chamtal district in northern Balkh province on Wednesday claimed police had destroyed poppy crops over hundreds of acres, but officials rejected

TIRINKOT (PAN): Poppy crops grown over up to 1,627 acres of land were eradicated during an anti-poppy campaign in central Uruzgan province, an official said

KABUL has been increasing for a third year in a row and headed for a record high. The UNODC Afghanistan Opium Risk Assessment 2013 released

ADADABAD (PAN): Poppy crops grown over 50 hectares land were destroyed during a newly launched anti-poppy campaign in eastern Kunar province, officials said. The illicit

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): On the first day of an anti-poppy campaign, 67.5 acres of land was cleared of the illicit crop in the Maiwand district

LASHKARGAH (PAN’s largest opium-producing region, an official said on Monday. Up to 1,000 acres of land has been cleared of the illicit crop during the