Sprawling poppy fields in Pakistan's Balochistan have overtaken those in Afghanistan, which produced 80% of the world's opium ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Taliban forces work to destroy a poppy field in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, in May ...

For India, the concern is that proceeds from heroin production could be funnelled into terrorism. New Delhi fears that drugs produced in Balochistan could find their way across its borders, financing ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two years after the Taliban banned opium, Afghan farmers turning to alternative crops are discovering that many no longer grow easily here because of the impact of climate ...

MARJA, AFGHANISTAN -- Thousands of Afghan migrant workers expected here in the next few weeks for the spring opium harvest will find at least as much work as last ...

The Indian Government today announced licensing policy for cultivation of opium poppy. The policy is currently announced specifically for farmers of states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar ...

Pakistan is overtaking Afghanistan as the primary source of the world’s opium in a shift that could pour millions of dollars ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The fields of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan were free of opium poppies this year, a success touted often by Afghan and international officials. But one look at Mohammad ...

Once, the British Empire fought a war for the right to sell opium in China. In retrospect, history has judged that war destructive and wasteful, a shameless battle of colonizers against the colonized ...

Taliban forces work to destroy a poppy field in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, in May 2024. [VOA] Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan was down sharply last year, according to the United Nations ...