Afghanistan earthquake death toll mounts and Taliban officials say almost 1,000 people injured

The death toll from an earthquake in northern Afghanistan is climbing, and hundreds of families have lost their homes as the ...

Powerful 6.3 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing 20 and injuring hundreds

Afghan officials say a powerful, 6.3 magnitude earthquake that shook northern Afghanistan overnight killed at least 20 people ...

Afghan opium crop plummets after Taliban ban - UN report

Opium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by the Taliban government in 2022, the United ...

Powerful earthquake hits Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds more, officials say

Afghanistan's Taliban government says a powerful earthquake in the country's north has killed at least 20 people and left ...

U.N. report: Afghan opium cultivation down, trafficking arrests up

Opium production has dropped sharply in Afghanistan, but trafficking in the region is on the rise, according to a Thursday ...

Afghan women illegally forced into 'virginity tests'

Women in Afghanistan are being forced to undergo so-called virginity tests, more than two years after a law requiring consent ...
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Afghanistan’s opium crop falls 20 percent as synthetic drugs surge

UN says the area devoted to opium poppies has dropped to a fraction of that cultivated before Taliban’s narcotics ban.