Delighted our StoryMap won the "Building Trust, Protection, and Ethics in Data" category at the 2024 UNWDF.

With the ephedra season over and poppy planting season in full swing, it is an ideal time to assess the impact of the Taliban drug ban.

As the next poppy season approaches, the Taliban possibly find themselves tackling both poppy farmers and drug traders at the same time.

Sowing the Seeds of Division in Badakhshan? A second consecutive year of a poppy ban in Afghanistan, but at what price?

It is misleading to compare the effects of the current drug ban in Afghanistan with the previous Taliban prohibition in 2001.

An Industry and a Population Under Stress: Methamphetamine Production Under Taliban Rule

The 2023/24 poppy season is already upon us, and most indicators including market prices suggest that the Taliban regime is going to...

High-resolution satellite imagery analysis reveals that poppy cultivation in Afghanistan in 2023 is down 85% compared to 2022.

I’ve had a lot of emails following UNODC’s recent report on methamphetamine in Afghanistan. Most are sceptical of the findings...

The Policy Dilemma in Afghanistan: There are no good options in response to the Taliban’s Opium Ban.

With the Taliban having exceeded expectations and reduced poppy cultivation to levels not seen since 2001, there is now a real need to...

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...

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?

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...

Map showing impact of June 2022 earthquake in Afghanistan and location of houses affected.

Will the Taliban's efforts to control drugs succeed?

How the Kamal Khan Dam is causing violence and conflict between Iran and Afghanistan In 1974 construction of a new hydroelectric dam...

“Data and technology – including geospatial technology and satellite imagery – clearly have the potential to improve global peacebuilding...

“We inform all farmers…that, poppy cultivation isn’t allowed after today. If anyone cultivates poppy, their land will be eradicated & the...

I am delighted to share the news that Alcis has received an Esri High Impact Award in recognition of the ‘innovation and excellence’...