Afghan police have apprehended nine alleged drug smugglers and discovered more than 40 kg of illegal drugs and objects used in manufacturing heroin fr ...

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.

Iowa, published a list of USAID funding projects over the years, including pottery classes in Morocco and a version of ...

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

The police have seized more than 26 tons of illegal drugs during a series of operations in southern Afghanistan Helmand province and burned publicly ...

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 ...

Authorities of the counter-narcotics department have destroyed 10.5 tonnes of illegal drugs in central Afghanistan's Bamiyan ...

Under the initiative, police personnel visit weekly village markets and distribute chocolates in wrappers containing information about the legal repercussions of opium cultivation. RANCHI ...

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