Kabul, April 3 (AFP/APP):The Taliban's supreme leader on Sunday ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, warning that the hardline Islamist government would crack down on farmers planting the crop. Afghanistan is the world's biggest producer of poppies, the source of sap that is refined ...

*KABUL - Despite United States spending $8.9 billion on drugs control, Opium production in Afghanistan hit highest level.* *Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) claims that the US has spent $8.94 billion to fight illicit drugs in Afghanistan since 2002. * “As of ...

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved 10 mega projects worth Rs 78.3 billion. CDWP on Wednesday approved seven projects worth Rs26.1 billion and recommended three projects worth Rs52.2 billion to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for ...

KABUL - The Taliban demanded a new constitution for Afghanistan and promised an “inclusive Islamic system” to govern the war-torn country at a rare gathering with senior Afghan politicians in Russia Tuesday that excluded the Kabul government. The insurgents’ manifesto, outlined in Moscow ...

KABUL: In Afghanistan, religious scholars from Nangarhar issued a fatwa on Saturday against poppy cultivation and use of drugs, saying that these two acts are forbidden in Islam. Figures released by the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and UN Office on Drugs and Crime in November 2017 show that ...

KABUL - Opium production in Afghanistan hits record level. In Afghanistan, religious scholars from Nangarhar issued a fatwa on Saturday against poppy cultivation and use of drugs, saying that these two acts are forbidden in Islam. Figures released by the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and ...

KABUL - Senior Taliban officials have been secretly negotiating with Afghan officials on a possible ceasefire, the Pentagon has said, even as US forces killed over 50 Taliban leaders in a series of strikes. "A lot of the diplomatic activity and dialogue is occurring off the stage, and it's ...

KABUL - *The Ministry of Counter-Narcotics says Afghan farmers earned more than 1 billion dollars from poppy cultivation in all across the country during the past year.* “Poppy cultivates in 24 provinces of the country. Mostly in Helmand, Kandahar, Badghis, Faryab, Orozgan and Nimroz which 180 ...

NEW DELHI- The External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj held talks with Defense Minister Lt General Tariq Shah Bahrami in New Delhi on Friday. India’s External Affairs Ministry said in a statement that the two sides discussed Afghanistan's peace process and efforts to combat cross ...

KABUL - *Farmers in Afghanistan have received New genetic seeds for poppy cultivation which can grow all year round hence giving a boost to poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. * * Farmers said that they were given modified poppy seeds two years ago which now enables them to cultivate the plants ...