Afghan Opium Production To Explode As Foreign Troops Withdraw -- The Telegraph
Opium and heroin production will spiral out of control in Afghanistan as foreign troops withdraw towards 2014, the country's former anti-drugs chief has warned.
Taliban insurgents and farmers will take advantage of the withdrawal to increase poppy production, said General Khodaidad.
Afghanistan already produces more than 90 per cent of the world's opium and more than 95 per cent of the heroin on Britain's streets, but he predicted the trade would soon be "completely out of control".
Britain has spent tens of millions of pounds on counter narcotics schemes in the past six years in Helmand. The province remains the world centre of opium production.
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Update: Afghan opium production to expand after troops exit -- Reuters
My Comment: With no law enforcement control .... and a corrupt Afghan government .... coupled with poor and destitute farmers .... and an insurgency that needs this money to survive .... sighhhhh .... yup .... Afghan opium and heroin production is set to explode out of control.
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