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Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95% after Taliban ban - U.N
Reuters via AOL· 6 months agoOpium poppy production in Afghanistan, previously the world's top supplier, has plummeted since the...
Afghanistan no longer world's biggest opium producer, U.N. report finds
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBangkok, Thailand — Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking...
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan to become world’s leading opium producer, UN says
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMyanmar has become the world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan after the ruling...
How the Taliban Suppressed Opium in Afghanistan—and Why There's Little to Celebrate
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA Taliban security personnel destroys a poppy plantation in Sher Surkh village of Kandahar province...
Taliban launches poppy eradication campaign in Afghanistan
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTaliban fighters tear up a poppy field in Afghanistan's Helmand province Sunday. (Abdul Khaliq /...
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s largest producer of opium
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA man working at an illegal poppy field in Myanmar - AFP Myanmar has overtaken Afghanistan to become...
Opium production increases 32% in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Taliban has banned all drug production and insists the report is "not true," but with people...
War-wracked Myanmar is now the world's top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMyanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of the world’s...
Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoAfghan farmers have lost income of more than $1 billion from opium sales after the Taliban outlawed...
Myanmar is now world's largest source of opium, UN says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMyanmar has become the world's largest source of opium, thanks to domestic instability and a decline...