Failed Afghan Drug Policy Harming Us, Says Iran -- The Guardian
Young Iranians are paying the price for Nato's "failure" to curb opium production in neighbouring Afghanistan, according to the Iranian government.
Iran's deputy foreign minister, Mehdi Safari, made the complaint at the end of a three-day visit to Britain, after talks with the foreign secretary, David Miliband, and other Foreign Office and Downing Street officials, in an attempt to improve relations. One of the few areas of cooperation between Iran and Britain is counter-narcotics, but Safari expressed frustration at what the Iranian government sees as a lack of progress.
"Unfortunately the situation in Afghanistan every day is getting worse and worse. If you compare it to five or six years ago, it is more than gloomy," Safari told the Guardian. He said the volume of opium-based drugs being smuggled through Iran from Afghanistan - the source of more than 90% of the world's opium - had increased fivefold over five years, and the drugs themselves had become far more potent.
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My Comment: The flow of drugs recognizes no borders. This problem will only get worse as the Taliban continue their war against coalition and Afghan forces, as well as against Pakistani forces.
Russia is also experiencing this same boom in opiate addictions.
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Iran doesn't support the Taliban and never has. Don't be ridiculous.
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