US-Led Soldiers Traffic Afghan Drugs
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US-led soldiers in Afghanistan are reportedly engaged in smuggling heroin and other drugs out of the country, The Sunday Times says.
According to a report published in the British newspaper, British soldiers at Camp Bastion in Helmand province and Canadian soldiers based at Kandahar airport may have been involved in trafficking drugs.
Camp Bastion and Kandahar airport are the two main airports carrying soldiers in and out of Afghanistan.
The claims are particularly embarrassing for the British military, considering their previous involvement in efforts to eradicate poppy crop.
Back in 2001, the opium production -from which heroin is derived -was at an all time low, but following the US invasion of the country, the poppy fields returned and production outstripped previous levels.
According to Press TV, an anonymous Afghan drug dealer told that military personnel are the second largest buyers after foreign drug lords and said that they (military personnel) tend to place orders before they return home to the US or the UK.
Afghanistan is reportedly the source of ninety percent of the world's heroin.
US-led soldiers in Afghanistan are reportedly engaged in smuggling heroin and other drugs out of the country, The Sunday Times says.
According to a report published in the British newspaper, British soldiers at Camp Bastion in Helmand province and Canadian soldiers based at Kandahar airport may have been involved in trafficking drugs.
Camp Bastion and Kandahar airport are the two main airports carrying soldiers in and out of Afghanistan.
The claims are particularly embarrassing for the British military, considering their previous involvement in efforts to eradicate poppy crop.
Back in 2001, the opium production -from which heroin is derived -was at an all time low, but following the US invasion of the country, the poppy fields returned and production outstripped previous levels.
According to Press TV, an anonymous Afghan drug dealer told that military personnel are the second largest buyers after foreign drug lords and said that they (military personnel) tend to place orders before they return home to the US or the UK.
Afghanistan is reportedly the source of ninety percent of the world's heroin.
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