By bnm Tehran bureau Opium prices are soaring in Afghanistan following the Taliban's drug cultivation ban, threatening regional stability, new data from the UN indicated on March 12. The Taliban swept ...

Opium prices in Afghanistan have skyrocketed, nearing record highs and primarily benefiting large traffickers and organised ...

In 2024, opium prices reached ₹65,486 per kilogram, a tenfold growth from ₹6,535 per kilogram in 2022 when the Taliban ...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported a significant rise in the price of opium, reaching $750 per ...

Punjab, senior leader and finance minister Harpal Cheema on Thursday said that so far, over 81 kg of heroin, more than 51 kg ...

Prices for opium in Afghanistan have increased tenfold since the de facto authorities imposed a drug ban in 2022 following ...

Prices for opium in Afghanistan skyrocketed to $750 per kg in 2024, a tenfold increase from $75 for the same amount in 2022 ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...

Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday said the ongoing ‘War Against Drugs’ campaign has got encouraging ...

VIENNA: Opium prices in Afghanistan are soaring and handing “massive profits” to criminal groups following a poppy cultivation ban imposed by the Taliban authorities, the United Nations’ drugs ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...