Poppy field workers just outside of the village of Wazir, Afghanistan, harvest opium resin from poppy plants using a scraping tool. By Jack Gruber, USA TODAYAfghanistan Drug Raid Snares Border Police Commander -- The Danger Room
A drug raid in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province in July netted a huge stash of hashish and opium — and led to the arrest of an Afghan Border Police Commander.
This recent high-stakes raid, confirmed by the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, involved a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) team and Afghan counter-narcotics agents staging an ambitious helicopter-borne assault in potentially hostile territory. Equally important, the bust also revealed how intimately some Afghan officials are involved in the drug trade.
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More News On Afghanistan's Drug Problems
Afghanistan poppy crop still lucrative -- Canada.com
Afghan opium market slowing down: report -- National Post
Afghanistan Now Has Drug Cartels -- CBS News
Afghan drug cartels are sprouting: UN -- Times Of India
Market forces eating into opium crop, UN finds -- The Age
Drop in opium cultivation may be short lived, expert warns -- Canada.com
Afghan opium production down -- Globe And Mail
Report: Big drop in Afghan opium production -- Christian Science Monitor
Afghan opium crop clipped -- USA Today
FACTBOX: Some facts about Afghanistan's opium crop -- Reuters
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