Farmers in Afghanistan have lost an income of more than $1 billion from the sale of opium after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation, a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Sunday (Nov 5).

Farmers in Afghanistan lose over $1 billion in income after Taliban ban poppy cultivation

United Nations has warned the rise in risks to human trafficking victims as the chaos due to the pandemic will make the people prone to exploitation. UN's Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued this warning on Wednesday.

United Nations warns of increased risks for trafficking victims due to pandemic

A flood of precursor chemicals into Myanmar is fuelling record meth production, officials said Wednesday, as the country's multi-billion-dollar drug trade spills out across Asia-Pacific.

Meth precursors fuelling Myanmar's unstoppable drug trade

'Last night we conducted strikes in northern Helmand to hit the Taliban where it hurts, in their narcotics financing,' US Army General John Nicholson said

US, Afghan forces strike opium factories to curb Taliban funds

The price of opium as it left farms in war-torn Afghanistan this year soared by 55% to almost $1.4 billion', said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime

Afghan opium output soars as cultivation hits record high

At least 207,000 deaths globally were drug-related in 2014, with heroin use and overdose-related deaths increased in last two years

Heroin use at 20-year high in U.S. drug "epidemic", U.N. says

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