Ayaz Gul VOA News December 12, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran have pledged to increase cooperation and information-sharing for effectively combating the trafficking of Afghan opiates. War-shattered Afghanistan remains the world’s largest producer of opium, though the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime noted in its latest survey the opium cultivation decreased by 20 percent in
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 7, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has killed at least 14 Afghan soldiers and taken more than 20 others hostage in the western Afghan province of Herat, which borders Iran, officials confirmed Friday. Separately, a counter-Taliban airstrike in central Uruzgan province killed at least seven Afghan security forces. The latest violence
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 19, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A new United Nations survey finds that opium cultivation in Afghanistan has decreased by 20 percent in 2018 compared to the previous year, citing a severe drought and falling prices of dry opium at the national level. The total opium-poppy cultivation area decreased to 263,000 hectares, from
Tolo News: Kandahar officials have raised concern over the increasing number of female drug addicts in the province. According to local officials, there are currently nine women being treated for drug addiction at a rehabilitation center in the Kandahar. The women said that poverty and insecurity have driven them to using drugs. In March, public health
وزارت مبارزه با مواد مخدر افغانستان میگوید که در کابل شمار معتادان بی سرپناه افزایش یافته و بیشتر آنان کسانی اند که از ایران برگشته اند. همزمان با این، در ادامه کمپـاین جمع آوری معتادان، امروز مسوولان وزارت مبارزه با مواد مخدر، بیش از سه صد معتاد را از ناحیه هشتم شهر کابل جمع آوری
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 27, 2018 Afghan officials on August 27 said a Tajik or Russian aircraft had bombed a border area in northeastern Afghan province of Takhar after a clash between gunmen and Tajik border guards, but both Tajik and Russian officials denied any involvement. The air strike followed a firefight in Darqad
Press TV July 13, 2018 Russia has accused the US military of being the chief sponsor of Taliban militants in Afghanistan, saying that during the active presence of US-led NATO forces in the country, the production and distribution of narcotics had drastically surged there. The accusations were raised on Thursday by Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria
WASHINGTON, June 14 (Sputnik) – More than $8 billion spent by the United States in the past decade to curtail opium production in Afghanistan has been graded a failure, with poppy production at an all-time high and providing income for terrorist groups with help from corrupt Afghan officials, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John
Ariana: Nearly 2,000 addicts are spending their day and night in a cemetery in Saray Shamali area of the capital Kabul. Surprisingly, some of the dogs in the area have also been addicted to drugs. People are narrating thousands of stories from the cemetery, even one claims the addicts have taken a dead body out of
The Intercept: In October 2008, the Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration heralded the arrest of Haji Juma Khan on narcotics and terror charges. His capture, they said, dealt a punishing blow to the Taliban and the symbiotic relationship between the insurgent group and Afghan drug traffickers. Yet, unbeknownst to all but the closest observers of