KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium. The correct version is that prices went from about $60 to $85 a kilogram ($27 to ... [Full Article]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has been increasing for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high, the U.N. said in a report released Monday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
The United Nations Tuesday called on Afghan authorities to pull together to make "meaningful efforts" to combat drug production. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(AFPTV/HO) - VIDEO: Nearly a decade into the war in Afghanistan, opium poppies are still the major crop for many farmers and a big source of income for the Taliban despite expensive efforts to stamp out cultivation. Duration: 00:43(AFPTV/HO)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - An Iranian policeman guards opium seized from drug smugglers in 2009. Thousands of Iranian narcotics agents have been killed and billions of dollars spent in Iran's fight against the opium trade, the country's ambassador to the U... [Full Article]
(AFP/Graphics) - Fact file on the findings of a DNA study of the opium poppy that could lead to the future production of genetically engineered painkillers, according to a paper published Sunday in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. Text slug: Heal... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - File photo of Afghan villagers tending to opium poppies in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, in southern Afghanistan. Marjah is an opium-growing paradise in the Helmand River valley, where a Taliban reign of fear has created on... [Full Article]
(AFP) - VIDEO: Experts say Afghan opium production is on the rise, helping to fund the Taliban and other terror groups and having a devastating impact across the world. Originally filed: 041109. Duration: 1:51.(AFP)... [Full Article]
(AP) - In this Oct. 5, 2009 photo, Javed, left, an Afghan opium addict, says goodbye to his friends as he leaves the former Russian Cultural Center, where drugs are often bought and used, to join the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, in Kabul... [Full Article]
(AFP/DDP/File) - Wallabies are getting "as high as a kite" on opium in Australian poppy fields and flattening crops as they hop round in circles, according to a report. The marsupials, which look like small kangaroos, have been getting into... [Full Article]
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