Opium cultivation rose by 19 percent in Afghanistan this year, the UN reported Wednesday, despite a Taliban government ban ...

Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a ...

Photo by Elise BLANCHARD / AFP) / TO GO WITH ‘Afghanistan-conflict-women-health’, FOCUS by Elise Blanchard The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has identified Afghanistan as one of the most ...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced that it provided assistance to 2,400 health centers in Afghanistan in September of this year. On Sunday, November 3, UNICEF shared a report on ...

Pakistani officials said on Tuesday they were aware the Maldives government had recalled its ambassador to Pakistan after he met with the Afghan Taliban government's top diplomat in Islamabad without ...

The Taliban banned the cultivation of narcotics in 2022, causing a drop in opium production last year. However, this year it ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives said in a statement on November 3 that the recent meeting between Mohamed Thoha, ...

Afghanistan’s opium poppy cultivation grew in 2024 despite a Taliban-imposed ban, according to a United Nations report. Cultivation increased by an estimated 19 percent this year, the report published ...

Prior to his appointment in Uganda, Mr. Zulu served as the UNHCR Representative in Afghanistan, where he led and coordinated ...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has published its quarterly report on the situation in ...

UN, activist call for stronger action from Canada His words come after a recent visit to Canada by United Nations Special ...