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Afghan Drug Trade; Cartels, Trafficking Route, and Government Complicity

31st May, 2023 · admin

Khaama: Several related economic activities are involved in Afghanistan drug trafficking. Cartels maintain a symbiotic relationship with the Taliban by giving farmers advances to plant ephedra and opium while providing the financial assistance necessary to keep the jihadist proto-state alive. These cartels use Pakistani sources to facilitate the acquisition of chemicals required to produce drugs.

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, History, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: opium, Taliban and Drugs |
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Tajikistan Calls For ‘Security Belt’ Around Afghanistan Over Drug Smuggling

9th May, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service May 9, 2023 Tajikistan has asked member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to establish an independent agency to combat drug trafficking from Afghanistan. Foreign Affairs Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin says he also told a high-level meeting of officials from the SCO last week in India that it was important to establish

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Posted in Drugs, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Badakhshan |
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Taliban destroys poppy fields leaving Afghan farmers with no income

4th May, 2023 · admin

 Farmers in southern Afghanistan say they are dismayed at the destruction of their poppy farms by the Taliban government since it assumed control of Afghanistan in 2021. Once a lucrative crop, farmers made a fortune under the former government backed by the West, but the Taliban enforced a strict ban in 2023 to avoid

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: heroin, Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs, Taliban government failure |
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Ban on Narcotics Sales Was Never Implemented

18th April, 2023 · admin

8am: The inhabitants of Nimroz asserted that, under the vigilant observation of the Taliban, thousands of kilograms of drugs are smuggled out of the province daily to neighboring countries, particularly Iran. They alleged that Toyota vehicles and catapults are utilized to transport tens of kilograms of opium across the Iranian border. The Taliban do not

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Posted in Corruption, Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Nimroz, Taliban and Drugs |
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Afghanistan Remains a Leading Opium Producer

9th April, 2023 · admin

8am: The number of drug users inside Afghanistan also increased, leading to addiction among many young people and families. In general, the Afghan government and its international allies failed to control drugs. Additionally, despite the propaganda of banning opium cultivation, the Taliban are taking advantage of the drug trade. Therefore, it appears that Afghanistan will

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Drug Addiction, opium, Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs, Taliban government failure |
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Addiction Patients Treated with Sleeping Pills in Ghazni Province: Sources

6th April, 2023 · admin

8am: According to sources, a group of 25 individuals was discharged from the addiction treatment center in Ghazni province after completing a 45-day treatment period. However, due to the lack of facilities, they were only given sleeping pills during their treatment. It should be noted that in the past, several addicts have been treated at

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Posted in Drugs, Health News | Tags: Drug Addiction, Ghazni, Taliban and Drugs, Taliban government failure |
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UN supports 24 addiction treatment centers in Afghanistan

31st March, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, (UNODC) say it will support the rehabilitation program of drug addicts in Afghanistan, by covering 24 addicts’ treatment centers, state-run Bakhtar agency reported. The UNODC will provide food, heating equipment, health materials, and medicine for these centers. Currently, 3.5 million, which

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Posted in Drugs, Health News, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Drug Addiction |
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Taliban Exempts Opium Sales Tax in Nimruz Province for 10 Months

23rd March, 2023 · admin

8am: According to reliable sources in Nimruz province, the Taliban has given smugglers of opium in this province 10 months to sell and export their opium from Afghanistan without paying any sales tax or customs duty. On Friday sources reported that, in addition to the 10-month deadline, the Taliban has also exempted drug smugglers in

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Posted in Corruption, Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Nimroz, Taliban and Drugs |
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Taliban supreme leader bans cultivation of cannabis in Afghanistan

19th March, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The press office of the General Directorate of the Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has sent a memo to the media stating: “According to the decree of leader Mawlavi Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, cannabis cultivation in the country is Prohibited.“The cultivation of cannabis plants is absolutely

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Posted in Drugs | Tags: Cannabis, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Taliban and Drugs |
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Dozens Of Bodies Discovered After Taliban Clears Kabul District Known For Drug Use

9th March, 2023 · admin

The bodies of 59 Afghans who allegedly had substance-abuse problems have been found in fresh graves in Kabul after Taliban authorities cleared out the Pul-e Sokhta district. Afghans using drugs in the area have been rounded up, many have been beaten, and others locked in prison cells.

Posted in Drugs, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Drug Addiction, Taliban and Drugs |
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