About 2,000 hectares of land has been cultivated with poppy crop in two districts of northern Samangan province this season, ending a decade long poppy free status of the province. Haji Raz Mohammad, Smangan provincial council deputy head,…
More than 300 acres of land has been cleared of poppy crop as a result of an ongoing eradication campaign in Dara Sauf Payeen district of northern Samangan province, an official said on Wednesday. The district police chief,…
The increasing insecurity has resulted in a widespread cultivation of poppy crop in northern Baghlan province, local officials said on Wednesday. Fazal Haq Andrabi, the provincial counter-narcotics department head, expressed concern over the increased cultivation of poppy. He…
The governor of northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday said irresponsible armed men and some government officials were involved in drug smuggling and even used military vehicles for that purpose. Ahmad Faisal Begzad, while inaugurating a counternarcotics campaign,…
A poppy eradication campaign has been launched to destroy the illicit plant on a 400 hectors of land in eastern Kunar province, local officials said on Wednesday. Kunar counternarcotics department official Mohammad Arif Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Poppy crop on 300 hectares of land has been destroyed in four districts of eastern Nangarhar province as part of an ongoing poppy-eradication campaign. The illicit crop is cultivated on about 14,000 hectares of land in 14 districts…
The counternarcotics department head for eastern Nangahar province says the ongoing anti-poppy campaign in the province has been struggling with security challenges. The department has launched the campaign to eradicate poppy grown on 14,000 hectares of land in…
Poppy cultivation has increased in volatile areas and decreased in comparatively secure parts of southern Kandahar province, officials said on Monday. Local officials, who talked to Pajhwok Afghan News, said the central government should carry out strong military…
Farmers have grown poppy crop in their fields for a second year in northern Balkh province, which once remained poppy-free for eight years. Poppy cultivation has increased by several times in some districts of the province. Balkh farmers…
Farmers in northern Balkh province say they grow poppy crop in their fields because food crops could not meet their needs, while local officials say they are committed to eradicating the banned plant. Poppy is widely cultivated in…
Farmers who previously sowed wheat crop have this year cultivated poppy plant in their fields in southern Helmand province due to increasing insecurity, an agriculture official said on Monday. Helmand is the most insecure province of Afghanistan…
The process to harvest poppy crop has been kicked off in some districts of eastern Nangrahar province, while the government is yet to launch the eradication campaign. Last year, poppy was cultivated on 1,017 hectares of land in…
Poppy crop grown near the governor’s house and the police headquarters in central Uruzgan province has matured, but the authorities have turned a blind eye towards the banned plant. Poppy pod in Tirinkot, the provincial capital, and some…
Six years ago, the northern Balkh province was declared as a poppy-free province but this year the banned crop has been widely cultivated in some districts. The poppy crop has been cultivated in Chamtal, Charbolak, Daulatabad, Shulgar and…
The second poppy crop is ready for cultivation in southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday. Director counternarcotics Lal Mohammad Azizi told Pajhwok Afghan News that farmers used to cultivate opium in fall season only but they…
The governor on Monday urged local residents to help the government prevent the cultivation of the illicit poppy crop in eastern Laghman province. Abdul Jabbar Naeemi made the appeal at a gathering in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital, where…
