Afghanistan was the world's largest supplier of opium before the Taliban banned ... Despite the increase this year, production still remains significantly below pre-ban levels.

By 1999 Afghan opium production spiked to more than ... As the Taliban have gained control of southern Afghanistan over the past several years, growing poppies has only gotten easier.

a Japanese three-year-old is honored for spotting an opium poppy, and more. Amitav Ghosh creates a rich, provocative, and eye-opening portrait of the rise of the opium trade. Harvesting opium poppies.

In the years before the Taliban banned drugs in 2022, opium and heroin production in Afghanistan far exceeded the amount consumed worldwide, she says. For example, Afghanistan produced more than ...

With growing addiction and the threat of HIV/AIDS, Afghanistan's mammoth drugs production ... is estimated this year to have produced 93 percent of the world's illegal opium -- about 8,200 ...

He said the United Nations is predicting that opium production in Afghanistan will fall slightly this year, after recent years of double-digit growth. The two-volume report contains more than ...

Children as young as nine as becoming opium addicts in Afghanistan as the amount of the drug produced in the country hits record levels. Findings suggest that the area of land used to cultivate ...

Opium production in Afghanistan grew more than 40% last year, while the areas planted with poppies grew ten percent, according to Korobov. "Afghanistan remains the world leader in production and ...

and production decreased by 8% to 995 metric tons due to a 4% decline in opium yield. UNODC announced last year that Myanmar had overtaken Afghanistan to become the world’s top opium producer ...

If the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) seize power in Afghanistan the country runs ... "They (the Taliban - TASS) are not going to ban opium production. So, we may witness the emergence of a ...

In April 2022, Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict ... the Taliban have strictly enforced the ban this year, aggressively eradicating poppy ...