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Most governments secretly assesses that the USA is in Afghanistan because of the drugs/heroin. As much as the USA has been overtly involved in the "War on drugs" from South America since the 1970's for 40 odd years.....and also the Vietnam war for 10 straight years.
Prolonged, into infinity wars, where the situation gets worse for everybody, including and especially the USA...whilst a few Jews linked to the CIA/Pentagon/Wall Street power complex lord over the liquid assets.
In that sense the Controlled Opposition Taliban created by the CIA is irrelevant.
What is relevant is the Afghan heroin problem which harms so many Iranians, Afghans, Pakistanis, Central Asians, Ukrainians, Russians, Europeans and North Americans.
The simple solution is to get the drug peddling Pentagon/CIA out of Afghanistan.....for good, and comprehensively, with no stay behind ops Iraq like, creating more mayhem and mischief.
Ironically, very ironically, Pakistan may end up being the country which pushes the Americans out of Afghanistan eventually.
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Afghanistan annual
drug money reaches $ 70 billion: officials
Presstv.com
Official figures released by the
Afghan government indicate the annual turnover value of drug trade in
the war-weary country has reached to USD 70 billion.
Afghanistan’s Deputy Counter-Narcotics Minister Ibrahim Azhar announced the news, noting that almost all of the drug trade money goes to international opium cartels.
Afghan farmers and low level drug dealer do not receive more than a meager five percent of the total drug income in Afghanistan.
Azhar expressed concern that that the huge income hinders the fight against drug production and trafficking in the country.
The Afghan government and international community embarked on a costly campaign to stem opium cultivation and smuggle in Afghanistan after the invasion of the country by US-led foreign militaries.
But little improvement has been achieved given the growing demands across the globe, especially in Europe, where in parts using drugs is legally authorized.
What makes the battle even more difficult to fight is the alleged involvement of high level government officials in the lucrative business, while critics also believe that Kabul is not capable of identifying and arresting drug smugglers.
Meanwhile, it is said that US-run airports in Afghanistan operate flights carrying Afghan-produced narcotics on a daily basis.
Reports show a 61 percent jump in opium production and a seven percent rise in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan -- while announcements made by the counter-narcotics ministry suggest the contrary.
Afghan officials are concerned that the cultivation and production of narcotics could seriously tarnish the country’s international image and further complicate the battle against Afghan militants, who benefit from the drug trade.
Many reports on Afghanistan’s drug business show a direct link between the rise in the production of narcotics and growing insecurity in the country.
Official statistics also indicate the largest amounts of narcotics are produced in the five provinces of Badghis, Farah, Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan, which are stricken by unrelenting violence.
Azhar warned of a social catastrophe if necessary steps were not taken to resolve the issue.
MRS/JR
