The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in a report that Afghanistan continued to account for the “majority (80 per cent) of global illicit opium production in 2022”. …
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At least 90,000 Afghan nationals have been reportedly deported by Iran back to Afghanistan since March 2023, the official IRNA website said on Saturday. The Afghan migrants were returned through the Islam Qala-Dogharoun border …
The supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban declared Sunday that their campaign against illicit drug production in the country had eradicated the cultivation of opium poppies, which are used to make …
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U.N. envoy says curbs on women’s rights major obstacle to Taliban recognition
by HamidAs long as restrictions against women’s rights remain in place in Afghanistan, it will be “nearly impossible” for the international community to recognize the Taliban government, the U.N.’s envoy to …
Amid unresolved wrangling with Taliban authorities over women’s right to work and education and a decline in donor funding, the United Nations has cut its humanitarian aid request for Afghanistan …
The Taliban administration on Tuesday slammed UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan Richard Bennett for his latest report on the situation of women and girls in the country, calling it propaganda …