The Taliban banned the cultivation of narcotics in 2022, causing a drop in opium production last year. However, this year it rose by 19%, according to a report by the UNODC. A UN report published ...

VIENNA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a fifth in the second full year since the Taliban ...

VIENNA - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a fifth in the second full year since the Taliban banned it but ...

Afghan Opium Cultivation Bounces and Shifts Two Years After Ban, UN Says By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw ...

The relatively unknown story of wartime Japan ’ s ties with the opium trade in China is now in the public domain, courtesy of a manga series that has already sold more than 1.8 million copies in ...

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan in 2024 increased by an estimated 19 per cent year-on-year to cover 12,800 hectares, according to a new survey released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ...

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In ”Smoke and Ashes,” Amitav Ghosh takes the reader through a broad, yet deeply personal exploration of opium’s history, its trade and consumption, as well as how it shapes the world we live in today.

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