Enforcement of the ban has merely driven cultivation over the border for now, in yet another example of the "balloon effect." ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Office of Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs says Afghanistan’s exports increased by 30 percent and trade volume with foreign countries reached $6.783 billion during the ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Minister of Commerce and Industry Nooruddin Azizi has invited Chinese companies to invest in Afghanistan and ...

Last year, Afghanistan produced nearly 4,000 tons of opium — the milky substance drained from the poppy plant — which was then converted into heroin and sold in Europe and North America. It was a ...

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has constructed a modern cold storage facility with a capacity of 300 ...

In April 2022, Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict new laws. Opium is the essential ingredient for manufacturing the street drug heroin, and the class ...

President Donald Trump recently made a surprising claim that the United States is working to reclaim control of Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base from the Taliban, sparking fears of regional tension. The ...

Speculations fueled by Donald Trump's recent suggestion that his administration might negotiate with the Taliban to "reclaim" ...

US President Trump also places Afghanistan, Bolivia, Myanmar and Venezuela on list of states who failed to fight drugs.

Trump had previously threatened to "decertify" Petro's drug containment efforts as ineffective and Republican lawmakers have expressed support for sharp cuts to non-military aid for the country.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 27 (UNHCR) - For a man with one of the toughest jobs in Afghanistan, and certainly one of its most closely scrutinized, Habibullah Qadiri has a relaxed manner that quickly ...