Afghanistan: Meth 'Fastest Growing Drug Industry' in Afghanistan, Report

KABUL, 04 May 2022, (TON): The Washington Post reported that Afghanistan’s "fastest-growing drug industry operates from desert outposts in plain view.”

The Islamic Emirate has yet to comment in reaction to the report. 

The report said “the meth industry is growing at breakneck speed, stoking fears among Western experts and officials that, under the Taliban, Afghanistan could become a major supplier as demand rises globally.”

The report cited some independent experts, former government officials and drug traders as saying that hundreds of meth labs have appeared in Afghanistan over the past six years.

The report said “now its meth industry is growing at breakneck speed, stoking fears among Western experts and officials that, under the Taliban, Afghanistan could become a major supplier as demand rises globally.”

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