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Tag Archives: Taliban and Drugs

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Iranian Official Informs about New Route of Drug Trafficking from Afghanistan

26th November, 2022 · admin

8am: Mohammad Masoud Zahidian, the deputy head of Iran’s anti-narcotics headquarters, says that drug smuggling has increased from the country’s soil. Previously, Indian, Russian and Iranian officials have repeatedly expressed concerns about the increase in drug cultivation, production and trafficking in Afghanistan under the rule of Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: opium, Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs |
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UN General Assembly Tells Taliban to Reverse Restrictive Policies on Women, Girls

11th November, 2022 · admin

Margaret Besheer VOA News November 10, 2022 The United Nations General Assembly called on Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities Thursday to reverse their policies and practices restricting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Afghan women and girls. “Afghanistan is now the only state in the world that would deny girls their full right to education,” General

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Posted in Afghan Women, Drugs, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, opium, Taliban and Drugs |
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Opium Production Rises by 32% in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

1st November, 2022 · admin

Khaama: Despite the Taliban government’s ban on drugs, opium cultivation increased by 32% in Afghanistan in 2022, according to a report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Following the announcement of the poppy cultivation ban in April, the report says that opium prices have skyrocketed. Sales of opium increased Afghan farmers’ income

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: opium, Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs |
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Drug prices rise in Afghanistan after Taliban outlaws trade

31st October, 2022 · admin

FT: The price of illegal drugs has soared in Afghanistan since the Taliban outlawed the trade in one of the world’s biggest narcotics exporters, according to new data, despite limited evidence that the Islamist militants are enforcing the ban. Opium prices within Afghanistan have risen more than 50 per cent since the Taliban announced the

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Crystal Meth in Afghanistan, Meth in Afghanistan, Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs |
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Taliban Turns Blind Eye To Opium Production, Despite Official Ban

18th October, 2022 · admin

By Mursaleen Arsala and Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 18, 2022 In the spring, the Taliban announced a ban on the cultivation, trafficking, and use of illicit narcotics in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium. But as the fall planting season for opium crops begins, the militant group appears to be turning

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: opium, Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs |
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Why America Just Set Free the ‘Pablo Escobar of Afghanistan’

9th October, 2022 · admin

Daily Beast: “Noorzai isn’t the first drug smuggler the US [had] released; about 50 other drug traffickers were released after the Doha deal, but he is certainly the most prominent,” the official said. “All of them [released prisoners] have gone back to their narcotic business again, as will Noorzai. The Taliban continue to depend on

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Political News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Bashir Noorzai, Secretly funding Taliban, Taliban and Drugs, West funding Taliban, West supporting Taliban |
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Taliban Forbids Opium Cultivation, but Charges Tithes on Products

29th September, 2022 · admin

8am: The name and history of Taliban creation are associated with opium and drug trafficking, along with the implementation of strict and extreme religious practices. This spring, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of this group, issued an order prohibiting the cultivation, production, purchase, and sale of narcotics. But the findings of Hasht-e Subh Daily show

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: opium, Poppy cultivation, Taliban and Drugs |
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Taliban Destroy the Poppy Fields After Collecting the Harvest

24th September, 2022 · admin

8am: Local sources in Ghazni report that on Friday, September 23, the Taliban started destroying poppy fields in the Gilan district of this province, while they had already collected the crops two weeks ago. According to sources, the local Taliban are involved in the planting, production, and trafficking of narcotics, and have dramatically destroyed harvested

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Posted in Corruption, Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Ghazni, Taliban and Drugs |
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The Taliban and the current Afghanistan

22nd September, 2022 · admin

Modern Diplomacy: After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the Afghan state and the public rapidly declined. The country’s territories have become the source of international terrorism and many global problems. In addition to the economic decline, there has been a rise in drug production in Afghanistan. Drugs are one of the Taliban’s main income

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Posted in Drugs, Economic News, Opinion/Editorial, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban and Drugs |
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Evil Circles: The Release of Taliban’s Drug Lord Makes the Path to Liberate Afghanistan More Difficult

20th September, 2022 · admin

8am: Taliban officials have called the release of Haji Bashir Ahmad Noorzai, known as Haji Bashar, as a sign of American goodwill and a “new chapter in the relations” between the Taliban and the United States. Haji Bashar is known in the media and political circles as the godfather of Afghanistan’s drug mafia. It is

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Posted in Drugs, Opinion/Editorial, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Bashir Noorzai, Secretly funding Taliban, Taliban and Drugs, US betrayal of Afghans, West supporting Taliban |
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