{"id":24760,"date":"2026-10-26T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/26\/poppy-cultivation-expands-pakistan-iran-balochistan-after-afghan-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:00:17","slug":"poppy-cultivation-expands-pakistan-iran-balochistan-after-afghan-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/26\/poppy-cultivation-expands-pakistan-iran-balochistan-after-afghan-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Poppy Cultivation Expands in Pakistan and Iran\u2019s Balochistan After Afghan Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to an analytical report by Eurasia Review, the Islamic Emirate\u2019s 2022 ban on poppy cultivation has led to a sharp expansion of the crop in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan and Iran\u2019s Sistan and Baluchestan provinces. The report says more than 9,000 hectares of land in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan are now under poppy cultivation, turning these areas into one of the world\u2019s major opium-producing centres.<\/p>\n<p>International narcotics experts cited in the report said the shift in poppy cultivation from Afghanistan to these areas carries serious consequences for regional security and stability and could create major challenges in efforts to combat drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion of poppy cultivation in these areas highlights the negative effects of the Taliban administration\u2019s restrictions in Afghanistan, which, rather than reducing production, have led to its transfer to neighbouring regions. In addition to security concerns, this issue has brought adverse social and economic consequences for local communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poppy cultivation has expanded sharply in Pakistan and Iran\u2019s Balochistan after Afghanistan\u2019s 2022 ban, a report says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}