TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Local officials in northern Takhar province say poppy crop has been eradicated on about 3,750 acres of land in three districts of...
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): The acting governor of central Uruzgan province on Saturday said a weak anti-poppy campaign had resulted in an increase in poppy cultivation. Speaking
LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Officials on Wednesday said they were wrapping up an anti-poppy campaign in southern Helmand province without achieving the target. They said they had
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Nearly 60 acres of land were cleared of poppy crops as a drive against the illicit cultivation has been launched in southern Kandahar
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
