Opium farming in Afghanistan shrank by a fifth in 2025, UN survey finds

VIENNA (Reuters) -The total area of land in Afghanistan on which opium poppy is grown shrank 20% this year, according to a U.N. estimate issued on Thursday, a further drop since farming of the raw material for heroin collapsed in 2023 after the Taliban banned it. Read full story

Source : https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/11/06/opium-farming-in-afghanistan-shrank-by-a-fifth-in-2025-un-survey-finds