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Afghanistan poppy cultivation
![Afghan Taliban Launch Campaign to Eradicate Poppy Crop Afghan Taliban Launch Campaign to Eradicate Poppy Crop](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-06-02-125120.jpg)
Afghan Taliban Launch Campaign to Eradicate Poppy Crop
By Abdul Khaliq
The poppy crop ban will likely strike a heavy blow to millions of impoverished farmers.
![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?
![Pakistan’s Drug Habit Is Endangering the Region Pakistan’s Drug Habit Is Endangering the Region](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-06-2.jpg)
Pakistan’s Drug Habit Is Endangering the Region
By Habiba Ashna Marhoon
In the past, Pakistan’s clandestine services have used profits from drug trafficking to fund proxy groups in South Asia.
![War, Drugs, and Peace: Afghanistan and Myanmar War, Drugs, and Peace: Afghanistan and Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-rtx340e5.jpg)
War, Drugs, and Peace: Afghanistan and Myanmar
By Austin Bodetti
The illegal drug trade is sabotaging peace in Afghanistan and Myanmar alike.
![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.
![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.
![The Pakistan-Afghan Nexus: The Culture of Drugs Among Pakistan’s Youth The Pakistan-Afghan Nexus: The Culture of Drugs Among Pakistan’s Youth](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-07_14-16-36.jpg)
The Pakistan-Afghan Nexus: The Culture of Drugs Among Pakistan’s Youth
By Mahboob Mohsin
A growing culture of drug trafficking and use needs strong action.
![Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation at All-Time High Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation at All-Time High](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-21_18-13-57.jpg)
Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation at All-Time High
By Ankit Panda
As U.S. and NATO troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, poppy cultivation reaches an all-time high.
![Pakistan: The Most Heroin-Addicted Country in the World Pakistan: The Most Heroin-Addicted Country in the World](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-24_07-09-45.jpg)
Pakistan: The Most Heroin-Addicted Country in the World
By J.T. Quigley
The rising prevalence of injecting drug users could create an HIV/AIDS crisis.
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