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

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Taliban officials have scored a series of diplomatic victories this year that have started a subtle shift toward normalizing ...

Doha: Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Afghanistan, Arafat Jamal, has commended ...

A Taliban spokesman says explosions and gunfire in Iran targeted and killed at least two Afghans earlier this month ...