By Mohammad Yunus Yawar , Sayed Hassib and Ahmad Masih Noori BABA YUSUF, Afghanistan, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Carpets still hang ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan more than quadrupled in 2026 despite a Taliban government ban, the United Nations said Thursday, urging that impoverished farmers needed alternatives to the ...

Opium production in Afghanistan has increased sharply, according to the United Nations, rising fivefold compared with the same period last year in the country ruled by the Taliban, a report by the UN ...

STORY: Opium poppy is creeping back into Afghan fields as families struggle to feed their children. Opium poppy cultivation has really made a comeback of sorts in Afghanistan, quadrupling this year ...

Five years later, conditions in the country remain unsafe and volatile for vulnerable populations, including displaced people ...

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Afghanistan's opium output surges as poppy cultivation rebounds despite the Taliban ban, with farmers adapting to enforcement ...

KABUL, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Health authorities in northern Afghanistan's Balkh province have destroyed 142 tonnes of expired and substandard medicines and food products collected over the past year, ...

A mixed-methods study of 372 elderly Afghan refugees in Pakistan finds widespread chronic illness, limited healthcare access, ...

Ritiek Rafi has been in Tucson for 24 years. Originally from Afghanistan, Rafi, her mother and her sister were accepted as refugees due to the troubles they faced, eventually settling down in Southern ...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports a sharp rise in poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan ...