Afghan farmers pushed to opium farming to make a living
One day3 outlets reported this in 3 reports over 2 days
All 3 reports on Thu, 29 October 2026
What it is about
Afghan farmersFarmersAfghanistanTalibanUNTim CooperUnited Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeMinistry of InteriorKabul
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
Al Jazeera English
Tagesschau (Germany)
bne IntelliNews
29 Oct, 12:42over 11 hours29 Oct, 23:40
How it spread - 3 original reports
Thu, 29 October 2026
3 reports- Al Jazeera English12:42first to report
Farmers in Afghanistan say they're being pushed into poppy seed cultivation to make a living despite a ban.
- Tagesschau (Germany)12:50
Die Taliban haben den Anbau von Schlafmohn und die Herstellung von Opium in Afghanistan 2022 verboten. Nun ist die Produktion den UN zufolge erstmals wieder gestiegen - um 400 Prozent innerhalb eines Jahres.
- bne IntelliNews23:40
Credit: Tim Cooper - Unsplash Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan more than quadrupled in 2026, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said, but the country's Ministry of Interior dismissed the findings.