5.3 Percent of Afghan Population Are Drug Users

5.3 percent of Afghan population are drug users
His family, a wife and young children, bore the gaunt faces of addiction as well. In western Herat Province, held up as an island of stability and progress in Afghanistan, this forlorn border town is instead a showcase for an intensifying crisis: Long …
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Report: Iran forces killed 8 smugglers in shootout
A Tuesday report by state TV says the clash happened after officers identified a convoy of armed bandits and drug traffickers in southeastern Iran. Iran lies on a major trafficking route from Afghanistan to Europe and Persian Gulf states. Large drug …
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Afghanistan: There Is No Law
The violence rates are also much different, with Afghanistan having a higher murder rate and many areas that are basically controlled by gangs, warlords, and the Taliban (usually in conjunction with a drug gang). The Afghan forces consider themselves …
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