Stories from UNODC Afghanistan

World Drug Day & National Mobilization Week Report

UNODC in partnership with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics celebrated the World Drug Day on 26 th June 2018 and the week following as National Mobilization Week against Drugs in Afghanistan. Different awareness raising events such as; school events, girl's cycling race, mural painting, campaign through social media and field gatherings conducted across the country. The objective of this joint initiative of MCN and UNODC was to raise public awareness against cultivation, production, trafficking and use of drugs in the country.[Read More]

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UNODC Alternative Development Programme Launched - BADILL, (Boost Alternative Development Interventions Through Licit Livelihoods)

UNODC Country Office for Afghanistan (UNODC COAFG), jointly with  the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation Livestock, (MAIL), Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN), International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau (INL) of the United States,  Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and various line Ministries officially launched BADILL on 21st November 2017 in Kabul - Afghanistan. [Read More]

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The Afghanistan Opium Survey Release 2017

The Afghanistan Opium Survey was released jointly by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics,UNODC Country Office for Afghanistan, Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) and Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) at the Government Media and Information Center (GMIC) on 15 November in Kabul. [Read More]

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