The world has a shared interest in helping Afghan farmers move on from poppy. But time and again, it has abandoned them and the young Afghans killed by the poisonous harvest to their fate.
Recoveries indicate shift in smuggling of narcotics from India-Pakistan border into state, with smugglers veering more towards pushing 'Ice' or crystal meth than heroin or ‘chitta’.
The report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime also found that farmers' income from opium sales have tripled to $1.4 billion in 2022, from $425 million in 2021.
Uncertainty after Taliban takeover of Afghanistan pushed up opium prices in August & September 2021. But output is up by 8% and incentives for cultivation have risen, report adds.
3 accused in the first operation are history-sheeters. They had brought mephedrone from Mumbai. The 4th accused in second case was smuggling opium from Rajasthan.
Covid-19 is spreading rapidly in Afghanistan, and with no vaccine and scant medical resources people are turning to older remedies in the hopes of beating the pandemic.
The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.
Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
opium and poppy was from the americans as the afghan lands are quite fertile… only to prevent their own population from death by consuming fentanyl, the americans during their occupation support the drugs heavily…now taliban has imposed a ban an its almost non existent – the optium n poppy!! much of the afghan population was destroyed due to this menace of drugs during the occupation period..
opium and poppy was from the americans as the afghan lands are quite fertile… only to prevent their own population from death by consuming fentanyl, the americans during their occupation support the drugs heavily…now taliban has imposed a ban an its almost non existent – the optium n poppy!! much of the afghan population was destroyed due to this menace of drugs during the occupation period..