Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN
The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and laborers. Published On 5 Nov 20235 Nov 2023 An Afghan man works on […]
Taliban chief orders ‘strict’ ban on opium poppy cultivation
The ban comes as the Taliban tries to assuage international concerns regarding drug control in the impoverished South Asian country. Published On 3 Apr 20223 Apr 2022 The Taliban has […]
Taliban invokes Islam to weed out drugs from Afghanistan; war begins with shaved heads for addicts
The illicit opium trade in Afghanistan is intertwined with the country’s economy and its turmoil. Poppy growers are part of an important rural constituency for the Taliban, and most rely […]
Taliban drug trade hints at a way to protect Afghan culture
RYM TINA GHAZAL August 25, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/48mrb “Intolerance: Be like the ocean.” Many may not know that those words — a call for the acceptance of diversity — […]
Taliban ‘face health and economic disaster’ with Afghanistan running out of cash
Afghans wait in front of Kabul Bankafter the Taliban wrested back control of Afghanistan. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/2w3rd Militants order banks to open for first time since they seized control […]
Afghanistan at the crossroads as civil war looms
ANDREW HAMMOND August 12, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/6cawk Alarm is growing at the prospect of the Taliban unseating the Kabul government, but that outcome is just one of three scenarios […]
HEROIN DEALER TRIES ‘RELIGIOUS FREEDOM’ AS HIS DEFENSE, SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS IN PRISON
Source: World Religion News POSTED BY DEREK WELCH Timothy Anderson, a heroin dealer from St. Louis, Missouri, claimed he should be permitted to sell the opioid. His argument was that […]
THE TALIBAN’S LIFE OF LUXURY
IS AFGHANISTAN DESTINED TO BE RUN BY A DRUG MAFIA? by Noorullah Shirzada—AFP Pashtunabad—a poor, wind- and fly-blown suburb of Quetta—is the type of Pakistani town where commanders in the […]
Russia ‘alarmed’ over record Afghan heroin bust
Source: RT.com The Federal Drug Service reported that over 175 kilograms of heroin have been seized in a year long police operation in Naberezhniye Chelny. The record haul points to […]