Uncharted Territory: Does the Taliban’s new edict signal a crackdown on the drugs trade is looming?
The 2023/24 poppy season is already upon us, and most indicators including market prices suggest that the Taliban regime is going to...
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David Mansfield
- Sep 29
- 24 min
Whistling in the Wind: The Inevitable Return of Poppy Cultivation to Afghanistan
High-resolution satellite imagery analysis reveals that poppy cultivation in Afghanistan in 2023 is down 85% compared to 2022.
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David Mansfield
- Sep 15
- 8 min
This is not the ephedra you are looking for
I’ve had a lot of emails following UNODC’s recent report on methamphetamine in Afghanistan. Most are sceptical of the findings...
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David Mansfield
- Aug 8
- 10 min
The Policy Dilemma in Afghanistan: There are no good options in response to the Taliban’s Opium Ban
The Policy Dilemma in Afghanistan: There are no good options in response to the Taliban’s Opium Ban.
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David Mansfield
- Jun 6
- 20 min
Truly Unprecedented: The Taliban Drugs Ban v2.0.
With the Taliban having exceeded expectations and reduced poppy cultivation to levels not seen since 2001, there is now a real need to...
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Alison Hall
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Alcis recognised as a Global Top 100 Geospatial Company in 2023
For the second year in a row, we are delighted to be awarded a place on this prestigious list of companies - for our use of geospatial...
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David Mansfield
- Oct 31, 2022
- 17 min
Will They, Won’t They?
Will They, Won’t They?
What do we actually know about the coming opium poppy season and what both farmers and the Taliban will do?
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Alison Hall
- Sep 27, 2022
- 1 min
Using Earth Observation and Geospatial data to plan, monitor and measure water resources
Today around 4,500 children die from water related diseases every day and millions of people don't have access to clean water. Water is...
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Alison Hall
- Jun 22, 2022
- 1 min
Afghanistan earthquake map
Map showing impact of June 2022 earthquake in Afghanistan and location of houses affected.
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David Mansfield
- Jun 10, 2022
- 5 min
Will the Taliban's efforts to control drugs succeed?
Will the Taliban's efforts to control drugs succeed?
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Alison Hall
- Apr 26, 2022
- 1 min
Holding Water to Ransom
How the Kamal Khan Dam is causing violence and conflict between Iran and Afghanistan In 1974 construction of a new hydroelectric dam...
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Alison Hall
- Apr 14, 2022
- 1 min
Can satellite imagery and geospatial analysis help UN efforts to keep the peace?
“Data and technology – including geospatial technology and satellite imagery – clearly have the potential to improve global peacebuilding...
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David Mansfield
- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
"We inform all farmers that poppy cultivation isn’t allowed after today"
“We inform all farmers…that, poppy cultivation isn’t allowed after today. If anyone cultivates poppy, their land will be eradicated & the...
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Richard Brittan
- Mar 22, 2022
- 2 min
Esri High Impact Award Winner
I am delighted to share the news that Alcis has received an Esri High Impact Award in recognition of the ‘innovation and excellence’...
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David Mansfield
- Jan 13, 2022
- 5 min
Banning ephedra and bolstering the rural economy of Afghanistan
The economic crisis is wreaking havoc on the Afghan population. Since the Taliban takeover, the Afghani has depreciated by a third, the...
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Richard Brittan
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Mind the gap. Taliban interrupt Pakistan's final phase of fence construction to maintain key gap.
Since the Taliban take over in August last year, there has been increasing rhetoric on both sides around the highly contentious fence the...
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David Mansfield
- Dec 7, 2021
- 4 min
Drugs and Departures: coping with the economic collapse in Afghanistan
The cost of the economic crisis in Afghanistan will be borne far beyond the country’s borders. The Afghan population is suffering from...
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David Mansfield
- Oct 15, 2021
- 7 min
So Wrong for So Long
So Wrong for So Long: Estimating Insurgency Funding in Afghanistan and the Political Economy of Reporting
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David Mansfield
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
People smuggling is booming in Afghanistan
The numbers of migrants departing Zaranj in Nimroz for Pakistan en route to Iran has increased exponentially. Reports indicate most are...
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Alison Hall
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
How Alcis Research Team Unveiled the Scale of Afghanistan’s Undeclared Economy
‘Geospatial’ is not about surveyors but users, not about imagery but integration, not about data but knowledge. And geospatial knowledge...
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