Afghans are using opium to treat colds and other basic illnesses amid severe medicine shortages in the country, which is currently in the grip of a major humanitarian crisis.
Poppy cultivation and opium production have plunged 95 percent in Afghanistan since Taliban authorities banned the crop, according to a UN report published Sunday. Since returning to power in 2021, Taliban authorities have vowed to end illegal drug production in Afghanistan and in April 2022 banned the cultivation of the poppy plant, from which opium and heroin are made.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Ban on the poppy cultivation by the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ (IEA) and measure taken by Pakistan to improve control on Durand Line
The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) on Sunday reached out to the European Union Parliament after it recently passed a resolution on the ongoing situation in Manipur. , India News, Times Now