opium
Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium
Middle East
April 3, 2022
Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium
Kabul / Peshawar, Afghanistan – The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the…
Meth boom adds to Afghanistan’s opium and heroin woes
Middle East
December 19, 2019
Meth boom adds to Afghanistan’s opium and heroin woes
At a sprawling rehabilitation centre on the outskirts of Kabul, dozens of dazed-looking drug addicts clamber out of police buses…
Taliban threaten oil fields in northern Afghanistan
Middle East
January 4, 2019
Taliban threaten oil fields in northern Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters are threatening major oil wells near the northern Afghan city of Sar-e Pul following…
First Afghan female coders bring it on: Fight against Opium
Middle East
February 6, 2018
First Afghan female coders bring it on: Fight against Opium
A group of young Afghan women in the deeply conservative western Herat province is breaking traditional barriers as their war-torn…
Attempt to smuggle heroine, opium at Nuweiba thwarted
Egypt
June 26, 2015
Attempt to smuggle heroine, opium at Nuweiba thwarted
Nuweiba Port detectives foiled an attempt to smuggle 14 kg of heroin and 5 kg of opium. Criminal investigators from Nuweiba…
Iran seizes 500 tons of drugs in year
Middle East
April 11, 2015
Iran seizes 500 tons of drugs in year
Iran, a key transit route for illegal drugs trafficked from Afghanistan, has seized almost 500 tons of narcotics in the…
UN encourages opioid replacement to curb AIDS
Egypt
November 19, 2014
UN encourages opioid replacement to curb AIDS
The United Nations has recommended encouragement of the use of opioid substitutes as means to to curb the spread of…
Cairo airport authorities seize drugs smuggled by Dutch passenger
Egypt
April 21, 2012
Cairo airport authorities seize drugs smuggled by Dutch passenger
Cairo International Airport authorities have said they seized large amounts of drugs that a Dutch passenger was attempting to smuggle…