The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported a significant rise in the price of opium, reaching $750 per kilogram in 2024, ten times more than in 2022. Despite a reduction in ...

An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released ...

An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released ...

However, this success has come at a significant economic cost, as millions of Afghan farmers relied on opium cultivation for their livelihoods. Afghanistan’s inability to attract large-scale ...

Yet the rise in Afghanistan's opium prices, reflecting the country's traditional narcotics trade, has soared. A UN Office on Drugs report warns, "One kilo of opium cost $750 last year, up from $75 ...