The ban on growing opium poppy has devastating consequences for the Afghan rural population. The Taliban have yet to offer alternatives. Calls for international aid are growing louder.This week ...

Muhad, a Muslim boy from Afghanistan, attends college in California ... Muhad is forced to head North with the rest of the farmers to harvest the poppies. Victoria has settled into her new ...

Deputy chief of the UN in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Indrika Ratwatte, on Tuesday met with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy ...

Funding should nurture the efforts of female-led, grassroots organisations to counter the Taliban’s restrictions ...

Cold storage facilities play a crucial role in the agricultural sector, enabling Afghan farmers and food distributors to maintain and transport perishable items for extended durations, reducing ...

According to UN officials, “Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter. A Rome-based UN agency, said ...