Afghanistan: Opium prices soar after Taliban banned poppy farming, UN says traffickers earning 'massive profits'
Opium prices in Afghanistan have skyrocketed, nearing record highs and primarily benefiting large traffickers and organised ...
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Afghanistan: Opium prices approach historic peaks, crime syndicates benefit
Prices for opium in Afghanistan have increased tenfold since the de facto authorities imposed a drug ban in 2022 following ...
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Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...
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Police burn 7.5 tons of illicit drugs in S. Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The counter-narcotics police burned 7.5 tons of illicit drugs in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday, provincial police spokesman Mullah ...
Opium Farming Becoming Trend in Pune Villages? Another Crackdown, Another Farmer Detained
Pune Police have seized 66 illegally cultivated opium plants from a farm in Alandi Mhatobachi village, Haveli taluka. The ...
In Myanmar’s fields of fear, farmers sow opium poppies for survival
For those displaced by relentless conflict in the world’s biggest producer of opium, poppy farming offers a fragile lifeline.
4 kg banned opium poppy crops seized from Pune village, woman held
The banned opium poppy crops worth around Rs 40,000 was recovered from the farm of a woman identified as Mangal Dadaso ...