Sep. 14—"From above, it's a carpet of crimson, but as you lean closer, you see that it's not one singular sheet of color, but rows upon rows of distinct red dots. Thousands of them. All of them nearly ...

Kabul's opium throne has shifted east. The Taliban's 2022 ban on poppy farming in Afghanistan has driven cultivation across the border, with neighbouring Pakistan overtaking it as the world's new ...

The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF), a major pro-democracy armed organisation in Myanmar, has issued a stark warning to residents against opium cultivation in all areas in Myanmar''s ...

A total of 185 acres of poppy plantations were destroyed by combined security forces of Ukhrul at Leingangching ...

Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of opium in 2023 - Copyright AFP STR Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of ...

Following a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan imposed by the de facto authorities, the Taliban, in April 2022, opium production plunged by an estimated 95 percent by 2023 from 6,200 tons in 2022 ...

LAZU, 5 Feb: In a major crackdown on illegal narcotic cultivation, the Tirap district administration on Tuesday carried out a massive drive to destroy illegally cultivated poppy fields in Lazu circle.

Imphal: Law enforcement personnel and government agencies destroyed around 220 acres of illegal poppy cultivation and 30 farm huts in Manipur’s Ukhrul district over the past 48 hours, officials said ...

Manipur police have destroyed extensive illegal poppy fields and seized opium in a significant anti-drug operation. A drug ...

YANGON: Myanmar's police have destroyed about 311 acres of opium poppy fields in Shan state, state-owned daily Myanma Alinn reported on Thursday (Feb 5).