Bangkok – Myanmar has overtaken Afghanistan as the worlds top opium producer in 2023 after a third consecutive year of expanding cultivation fueled …
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as the world’s top opium producer
Myanmar has overtaken Afghanistan as the world’s largest opium producer, with a decline in production in the latter country after the Taliban came to power, the United Nations Office on Drugs and …
War-wracked Myanmar is now the world’s top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency
Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of the world’s biggest opium producer, according to a U.N. agency report released Tuesday. The Southeast Asian country …
ACC U19 Asia Cup 2023 Points Table: Updated standings after India vs Pakistan
Pakistan U19 stunned India U19 by eight wickets in the second clash on the third day of the ACC U19 Asia Cup 2023. In the other game, Afghanistan U19 defeated Nepal U19 by 73 runs.
UN says the Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan
The Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan, the U.N. mission in the country said Sunday on Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of …
Afghanistan Cloud Looms Over Ukraine for US—And for Russia
Both countries retain painful memories of overreach in Afghanistan, as the White House and Kremlin pursue competing visions in Ukraine.
Two tours in Afghanistan nearly killed him. He says his Chesterfield coffee business helped save his life.
So far his business is buzzing. “Even with more stress and more … The soldier was deployed to Afghanistan twice. “Oh yeah. Of course. There are always close calls. Of course, there is,” says Chris. …
Afghan Tragedy Unfolds in Pakistan
Asad Mirza The deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan back to Afghanistan, as per a government directive is causing untold suffering and miseries to the Afghans living in Pakistan for the last …
American hubris and the tragic lessons of Afghanistan: We must learn
The lesson of Afghanistan is that American presidents had no moral or constitutional or legal authority to send troops and dollars and assets there.
U.S. sanctions officials from Afghanistan to China on declaration of human rights anniversary
The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on 20 people, from Afghanistan to China to Haiti to Iran, accused of violating human rights in their respective nations.