The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to provide alternative crops to farmers in the tribal districts to ensure the ...

ISLAMABAD: The ban imposed by Afghanistan’s interim government on poppy cultivation was a calculated business move that has ...

Afghanistan's opium poppy cultivation fell to 10,200 hectares this year, one of the lowest levels recorded in the country's history, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said, but the Taliban ban has ...

Opium poppy buds at an illegal field in Hopong, a town in Myanmar's Shan State, in 2019 [File: Ye Aung Thu/AFP] Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has hit a 10-year peak, with the crop area increasing ...

In a major anti-narcotics crackdown, Central and state security forces have destroyed more than 306 acres of illegal poppy ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghan efforts to stamp out opium poppy cultivation are failing because of high prices for the illicit crop, pushing farmers to grow 18 percent more in 2012 than last year, ...

In a vigorous response to illegal drug production, Manipur authorities have escalated their efforts against poppy cultivation, eradicating crops across 53 acres and dismantling relevant facilities in ...

Manipur police arrested two persons and seized heroin in a major anti-drug operation. Several poppy fields were destroyed to ...

Illegal opium plantations valued at Rs 1.91 crore were discovered and destroyed in Similipal National Park. A joint police ...