Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: These statements of those in the know come about when Russian Deputy Minister of Interior Andrey Kharapov said in a meeting with representatives of the member countries of the "Collective Security Treaty Organization" that the production of narcotics has increased in Afghanistan.

 

Ahmed Fawad Niazi, a political affairs expert, said in a conversation with Ava that the fight against drugs requires global and regional cooperation, because the markets for buying and selling drugs and the main traffickers of these drugs are outside the borders of Afghanistan.

 

He added that the countries of the region can find a key solution to prevent the spread of drug production and obesity through unity, creating laws, policies and common strategies, otherwise it is impossible for a single country to prevent the cultivation and trafficking of this drug. take the phenomenon

 

Niazi said that Afghanistan is at the forefront of the fight against narcotics, therefore regional and extra-regional countries should help and cooperate with the Afghan government in the alternative sector of poppy cultivation.

 

Stating that the Islamic Emirate should use the experience of other countries in the fight against drugs, this political expert added that the countries of the region should use the experience of China to prevent the phenomenon of drugs, because this country has been very successful in preventing this phenomenon. Is.

 

Meanwhile, Ahmad Saber Safavi, one of the professors of the university, said in a conversation with Ava: As long as there is a demand market for drugs in the countries of the region and the world, the cultivation and trafficking of drugs in Afghanistan will not disappear in general.

 

He pointed out that a large part of the income from drug cultivation goes to the pockets of the mafia; But the huge losses of these materials reach the farmers and citizens of Afghanistan.

 

Safavi stated: One of the reasons for Afghan farmers to cultivate narcotics is economic weakness, which should be helped to find alternative crops for poppy cultivation.

 

After the establishment of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan, Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, the leader of the Islamic Emirate issued a decree banning the planting of poppies throughout the country and warned that violation of this decree will be prosecuted and punished.

 

It is stated in this decree: "If God does not want someone to commit a violation, his killing will be canceled and the violator will be dealt with according to Islamic Sharia."

 

It is also stated in this decree that the use and transfer, buying and selling, import and export and production of any narcotic substances such as wine, heroin, glass, marijuana, etc., are strictly prohibited throughout the country.

 

Based on this order, the forces of the Islamic Emirate have launched a large-scale campaign to destroy drug cultivation in the country this year.

 

This is despite the fact that Afghanistan is considered the largest drug producer in the world; Also, following the occupation of the country by the American military and the NATO treaty, drug cultivation in the country increased several times.