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Afghanistan opium
![Myanmar Now the World’s Leading Producer of Opium, UN Says Myanmar Now the World’s Leading Producer of Opium, UN Says](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-12-13-044103.jpg)
Myanmar Now the World’s Leading Producer of Opium, UN Says
By Sebastian Strangio
Nearly three years after the military's seizure of power, opium production has become more widespread and productive.
![The Taliban’s Unsustainable War on Drugs The Taliban’s Unsustainable War on Drugs](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-27-011310.jpg)
The Taliban’s Unsustainable War on Drugs
By Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
Afghanistan's opiate economy is unlikely to be disrupted by a one-off campaign of crop destruction in a handful of provinces.
![Is the Taliban’s Halt of Poppy Production Too Good To Be True? Is the Taliban’s Halt of Poppy Production Too Good To Be True?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-12-132342.jpg)
Is the Taliban’s Halt of Poppy Production Too Good To Be True?
By James Durso
The U.S. spent over $8 billion in a failed effort to stop the Afghan drug trade. Will the Taliban’s DIY effort carry the day?
![On the Edge at the Roof of Eurasia: Counternarcotics’ Tajikistan Problem On the Edge at the Roof of Eurasia: Counternarcotics’ Tajikistan Problem](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap-070827017073.jpg)
On the Edge at the Roof of Eurasia: Counternarcotics’ Tajikistan Problem
By Ian Wallace
Militarized counternarcotics assistance to Tajikistan is akin to throwing money into a blazing fire.
![Russia's Anti-Drug Crusade in Afghanistan Russia's Anti-Drug Crusade in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-03_20-16-05.jpg)
Russia's Anti-Drug Crusade in Afghanistan
By Samuel Ramani
Russia, believing U.S. efforts are failing, is stepping up its war on drug trafficking.
![Afghanistan in 2017: Achievements and Challenges Afghanistan in 2017: Achievements and Challenges](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-image-for-afghanistan-in-2017-achievements-and-challenges.jpg)
Afghanistan in 2017: Achievements and Challenges
By M. Ashraf Haidari
Afghanistan remains a work in progress.
![Afghanistan’s Opium Trade: A Free Market of Racketeers Afghanistan’s Opium Trade: A Free Market of Racketeers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-dsc_0758.jpg)
Afghanistan’s Opium Trade: A Free Market of Racketeers
By Franz J. Marty
A visit to Afghan opium fields challenges the notion that the Taliban controls the lucrative trade.
![Legalizing Opium Won't Work for Afghanistan Legalizing Opium Won't Work for Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-06_16-45-26.jpg)
Legalizing Opium Won't Work for Afghanistan
By Adam Wunische
Opium fuels the insurgency in Afghanistan and its eradication is a top priority. But legalization isn't the answer.
![Trump Can't End the War in Afghanistan Without Iran Trump Can't End the War in Afghanistan Without Iran](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-23_16-41-06.jpg)
Trump Can't End the War in Afghanistan Without Iran
By Adam Weinstein
If the next U.S. president wants stability in Afghanistan, he will have to come to terms with Iran.
![Poppy Production: The Taliban's Cash Cow Poppy Production: The Taliban's Cash Cow](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-24_12-28-39.jpg)
Poppy Production: The Taliban's Cash Cow
By Kriti Shah
Kabul can win battles, but it will never win the war unless it disrupts the Taliban's major funding source: poppies.
![Is Poppy Production Really Down in Afghanistan? Is Poppy Production Really Down in Afghanistan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-03_20-16-05.jpg)
Is Poppy Production Really Down in Afghanistan?
By Catherine Putz
Maybe, maybe not.
![Rising to the Afghanistan Challenge Rising to the Afghanistan Challenge](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-04_00-27-47.jpg)
Rising to the Afghanistan Challenge
By Timur Urazayev
The international community should not lose focus on assisting Afghans in rebuilding their country.
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