Deputy of counter-Narcotics of the Interior Ministry, Mullah Abdul Haq Hamkar Akhund, in a concerted effort to combat the illicit drug cultivation, has warned poppy cultivators in Takhar.

Maulavi Ataullah Omari, the Acting Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, in a meeting with Annabeh Sodeh, the representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Afghanistan, discussed strengthening coordination for the implementation of agricultural projects and requested the cooperation of supporting institutions in providing ...

Following the publication of the United Nations report, that poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has decreased by ninety-five hundred in 2023; Experts in the agriculture sector say that the strict laws of the Islamic Emirate to prevent the cultivation of poppy, increasing the cultivation of hing, saffron and cotton in the country have caused the poppy ...

There is an urgent need to prioritize the demining program in Kabul. Acting Minister of State Disaster Management, in a meeting with the director general of the HALO Trust International Mining Services organization, said.

The security officials of Badakhshan say that during the last three months, they have cleared 40,000 acres of land from poppies in the center and districts of this province.

Some countries are using the issue of drug cultivation and trafficking as a “tool of pressure”. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said.

Officials in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock said that, five million metric tons of wheat have been harvested so far this year.

The police commander of Shulgara district of Balkh province says that the police forces have cleared more than 300 acres of land from opium and marijuana cultivation in this district.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s foreign ministry on Thursday said poppy cultivation has been slashed and almost completely eradicated.

A British research organization called Alcis has announced, citing satellite images, that poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has reached its lowest level in the last 20 years. According to this research, the Islamic Emirate has been more than 99% successful in combating poppy cultivation in Helmand province. In this report, it is mentioned that more ...

Experts say that global and regional cooperation is needed to fight against narcotics, because the markets for buying and selling narcotics and the main traffickers are outside the borders of Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Interior says that in the continuation of the campaign to destroy poppy fields in the country, this time the anti-narcotics police in the provinces of Faryab, Badakhshan, Paktika, Nangarhar, Takhar, Kunar, Baghlan, Balkh and Ghor have confiscated nearly 2,200 acres of land. The poppy fields have been cleared.

The press officer of Balkh Province Police Command announced the destruction of 364 acres of hemp and poppy cultivation land in the districts of this province and said: 235 drug dealers and smugglers were also arrested.

In continuation of the clearing of poppy cultivation in many provinces of the country, the press office of the police commander of Laghman province says that 50 acres of land in Alishang district of this province has recently been cleared of poppy cultivation.

The Ministry of Interior says that the anti-narcotics agents have cleared 75 acres of land in the provinces of Nangarhar, Kandahar and Laghman from poppy cultivation.

The poppy planted on 5 acres of land in the Alingar district of Laghman has been eradicated. The counter-narcotics management officials of this province said.

The Ministry of Interior says that it has arrested 41 people from eight provinces of the country in connection with theft, murder, forgery of documents, gambling and use of alcoholic beverages.

The Deputy Minister of Interior for counter-narcotics Abdul Haq Hamkar, asked the elders of Helmand during his visits to cooperate with the security forces in eradicating poppy cultivation.

Since the establishment of the Islamic Emirate, poppy cultivation has been banned nationwide and that no one is allowed to farm poppy on their lands.

Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has decreased significantly. UNAMA reports said.