According to the latest report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached an estimated 43,300 hectares this...
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs has called on the United Nations and the international community to condemn drug cultivation and production in Pakistan, saying that narcotics...
Amir Khan Muttaqi, foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), says the international community has failed to provide Afghan farmers with the necessary support...
Local officials in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province have called on traders to help prevent drug trafficking and invest their capital in legal and productive sectors. Jamaluddin...
Former Afghan lawmaker Abdul Zahir Qadeer has been extradited to the United States to face federal charges related to alleged international drug trafficking and firearms offenses,...
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs says more than 11,000 operations were carried out against drug traffickers across the country over the past year, resulting in the...
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has praised the Afghan authorities for their efforts to combat drug trafficking, saying they have significantly reduced the production and...
An eight-member delegation from Afghanistan, led by Haseebullah Ahmadi, chief of staff deputy interior minister for counter-narcotics, has departed for Jakarta, Indonesia. The delegation includes officials...
Three drug traffickers were killed during an armed clash with Tajik border forces along the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, according to local Afghan authorities. Ehsanullah Kamgar, spokesperson for...
Abdul Rahman Munir, the Deputy Minister for Counter-Narcotics at the Ministry of Interior, traveled to Uzbekistan this afternoon along with his accompanying delegation. According to a...
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will not allow the drug trade to threaten Afghan society or regional stability, Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi declared Tuesday during...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported that while traditional use of cannabis and opium in Afghanistan is decreasing, the consumption of...
Imangali Tasmagambetov, the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), regarded Afghanistan as a source of potential terrorist and drug threats to Central Asia, stating that...
The Ministry of Interior’s spokesman Abdul Matin Qane said on Wednesday the Islamic Emirate “completely” rejects the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report that...
Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs Mawlawi Abdul Kabir called for sanctions against the Islamic Emirate leaders and the banking system to be lifted.
Deputy Interior Minister for Counter-narcotics said that the Islamic Emirate has acted successfully against drugs and the international community also acknowledges this success.
He emphasized that the Afghan government favors constructive engagement with Western countries, as other countries in the region.
Doctors said the process of treating addicts in the large rehabilitation center in Herat is working out well and that most recovered addicts are able to...
A Spanish newspaper has reported that the drastic drop in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has opened a gap for fentanyl in Europe. A report from the...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Monday it brought a group of experts together in Kabul to discuss solutions for sustainable...