Fighting drugs, the most forgotten in new US Afghan strategy
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16 years after the US invasion on the pretext of ousting Taliban, not only the group has not been destroyed in Afghanistan, but the poppy cultivation in the war-torn country has reached record high, creating an alarming situation for the whole world.
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Fighting drugs, the most forgotten in new US Afghan strategy
Despite the presence of thousands of foreign troops in Afghanistan to secure the country and bring peace and development for Afghans, it has changed into the world’s main producer of opium.
By November 2001, the collapse of the economy and the scarcity of other sources of revenue forced many of the country’s farmers to resort to growing opium for export.
According to a data released by US departments in media almost 60,000 US citizens died from drugs ...