Asadullah was a prosperous poppy farmer in southern Afghanistan for 20 years until Taliban authorities abruptly began ...

Visit the field of scarlet poppies and memorials which will blanket the Abbey’s grounds this November to remember loved ones lost serving in the Armed Forces. Now in its 95th year, the Field of ...

Gen. Aqa Noor Kintuz was hired as provincial chief of police in the northeastern Afghan province of Badakhshan and charged with destroying its plentiful poppy fields. "After I finished one of the ...

The stunning work replicates an Anzac Memorial statue with a soldier standing in a field of red poppies in front of a white cross that reads 'lest we forget'. 'I built it to show respect and ...

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of Edwin Frohmader Post 1879 and Auxiliary will hold its annual Buddy Poppy Campaign at local ...

Images of tumbling poppies will be projected inside Winchester Cathedral. Poppy Fields is a light and sound show at Winchester Cathedral Projections will create a sea of poppies tumbling down the ...

The United Nations have said that the Taleban made an estimated US$100m (£50m) in 2007 from Afghan farmers growing poppy for the opium trade. Opium produced from the plants fuels the insurgency ...

Poppies may be an old-fashioned flower, but their vivid petals evoke a timeless beauty that’s captivated artists like Claude ...

Australians will commemorate Anzac Day from home on Saturday. This is a step-by-step guide to using your free Virtual Candle and other content to Light Up The Dawn. Archie Fingher went to war aged ...

Adelaide has gifted more than $50,000 to the Returned and Services League (RSL) South Australia from the sale and auction of its 2024 Anzac Guernsey ... Included on the back of the guernsey were five ...

Balancing an AK-47 assault rifle slung around his left shoulder and with a large stick in his right hand, Abdul hits the heads of poppies as hard as he can. The stalks fly in the air, as does the ...

In May, clashes between farmers and brigades sent to destroy their poppy fields resulted in several deaths in northeast Badakhshan. "Death to the Emirate (Taliban-ruled Afghanistan)," some shouted ...