Poppy

KABUL (Pajhwok): US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West has called “very important” the significant decrease in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. West tweeted: “Reports that

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says the illicit poppy crop on more than 1,000 acres of land has been eradicated in nine .

PARON (Pajhwok): Poppy crop grown on hundreds of acres land has been eradicated in eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Tuesday, but residents say

TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Security forces have destroyed poppy crop on 10 acres of land in the Deh Rawood district of central Uruzgan province, an official said

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Banned poppy crop was destroyed on more than 300 acres of land in southern Kandahar province during the past eight months, an official

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Police have destroyed poppy, hashish and other similar illicit plants on 1500 acres of land in eastern Nangarhar province during an ongoing campaign

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Poppy and cannabis plant grown on hundreds of acres of land has been destroyed in various districts of southern Kandahar province, a campaign

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok):  Newly sowed poppy crop was eradicated on hundreds of acres of land in six districts of southern Helmand province, an official said on

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Local officials in southern Helmand province say they have eradicated hundreds of acres of poppy fields in Nawzad, Washir, Babaji and Marjah districts

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Farmers and Islamic scholars in western Herat province have welcomed the ban on poppy cultivation in the country but asked officials to

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Poppy cultivation in southern Kandahar province has increased by 75 percent this year, compared to the previous year, an official and growers

KABUL (Pajhwok): A young woman, who became addicted to drugs due to domestic violence and is currently receiving medical treatment, has urged the Islamic Emirate