Afghanistan Still Needs International Community to Support Eradicating Drugs

The Joint survey of Ministry of counter Narcotic drugs and United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime on 2015 indicated that the Narcotic drugs production and trafficking has unprecedentedly decreased.

The joint survey indicated 19% of decreasing Poppy cultivation, 48% of decreasing on production of the Narcotic drugs in Afghanistan.

Minister of counter Narcotic Salamat Azimi demanded the International community to help Afghanistan fighting drugs in Afghanistan.

The survey indicated the below numbers :

1-      Poppy cultivation decreased 19 %.

2-      Narcotic production decreased 48 %

 1851 operations launched to eradicate Narcotic drugs from the country,during those operations 1689 drug traffickers were arrested, 12 Narcotic drugs production centers were destroyed,

Minister of counter Narcotic Drugs Salamat Azimi said,” we have used all the sources to make the operations happened successfully this year,but we still need the International community supports on fighting Narcotics in Afghanistan.”

Meanwhile the deputy Minister of counter Narcotic drugs Baz Mohamamd Ahmadi said,”despite of decreasing production of Narcotics , the causalities of police forces combating and launching military operations has also decreased in 2015 only 16 police forces were killed and 4 others were injured, though the following numbers were doubled and even tripled.”

Andre the UNDOC representative in Afghanistan said,” that fighting against the Narcotics in Afghanistan isn’t not only the Afghanistan responsibility but International community should also do much to clear Afghanistan out of drugs, the current joint survey was launched is a good news for all and encouraging everyone to get along and being joint fights for drugs in Afghanistan.”

International community has spent millions of dollars fighting Narcotic drugs in Afghanistan,it seems that the following issue still exists and it still needs joint efforts and combat, Narcotic drugs has been a good financial source for Taliban since their presence in Afghanistan,time will declare when Afghanistan to be on the bottom list of the pioneer poppy productions.

Reported by Rafi Sediqi