The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is facing intense scrutiny after a damning report revealed ...

30 September - Afghanistan's opium production halved in 2010 but soaring prices may encourage farmers to go back to opium cultivation, warned UNODC in its 2010 Afghan Opium Survey released today.

The Taliban had confirmed they were holding Ryan Corbett, who was arrested in August 2022 and whom the State Department had ...

Americans Ryan Corbett and William W. McKenty III were freed, their families said. The Taliban said Khan Mohammed, an Afghan serving a life sentence in California, was released.

Drug trafficking from Afghanistan has become a matter of concern for the regional countries. This money generated from drug trafficking is used for the training of terrorists. Al-Qaeda and TTP are the ...

Equally important as addressing the demand for illicit drugs is focusing on the supply of these drugs, which is why the project will also work to provide alternative livelihood options for opium ...

There were no immediate plans to celebrate or mark his freedom, Takal added.Mohammed was detained on the battlefield in ...

The Afghan Taliban rounded out the year by attacking ... The economy, which previously subsisted on foreign aid and opium poppy cultivation, has contracted significantly since the Taliban ...

The Afghan Taliban rounded out the year by attacking ... The economy, which previously subsisted on foreign aid and opium poppy cultivation, has contracted significantly since the Taliban ...