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Thirty drug suspects detained in Afghanistan
[Quqnoos] The Afghan Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that 30 people, including a foreigner, have been detained for drug trafficking in Afghanistan. The suspects were detained in the last ten days from all over Afghanistan, General Dawood Dawood, Deputy Interior Minister of Counter-narcotics said."The members the of gang were spread out all over Afghanistan and were detained after three months' efforts." General Dawood added. One of the detained people is a foreigner, and about 124 drug smugglers faced trial in the past six months, he further said. Afghanistan is one of the largest drug producing countries in the world, as about 90% of the world's narcotics are produced in Afghanistan. Corruption and poppy cultivation are the two main challenges ahead for Karzai's government to face, as US President Barack Obama called on President Karzai to take strong actions against poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. Western officials have accused high ranking officials in the government of drug trafficking, including the brother of the incumbent Karzai who denied the allegations. But the Afghan government has always said there is no proof that government officials are involved in drug trafficking. Posted by: Fred 2009-11-10 |
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