According to the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2019, opium harvesting provided the equivalent of up to 119,000 full-time ...

The counter-narcotics police have discovered a huge quantity of illicit drugs in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar ...

Opium prices in Afghanistan have skyrocketed, nearing record highs and primarily benefiting large traffickers and organised crime networks. A recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and ...

Afghanistan is witnessing a surge in opium prices and the ‘massive profits’ from it are being reaped by criminal gangs, United Nations' drugs watchdog has flagged. But why are opium prices in ...

TALUQAN, Afghanistan, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Police arrested an alleged drug smuggler and discovered 27 kg of opium in his possession in northern Afghanistan's Takhar province on Monday, Qari Zabihullah ...

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 ...

Afghanistan’s stockpiles before the drop in opium cultivation may have been worth between US $4.6 to US $5.9 billion, or roughly 23-29 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2023. This ...

In Afghanistan, the price of opium has increased tenfold since the ban on poppy cultivation. The sharp rise in prices could ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- Khaama Press) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported a significant rise in the price of opium, reaching $750 per kilogram in 2024, ten times more than in 2022.