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Afghanistan
Two Drug Lords Detained By Afghan Forces
2013-11-28
[Tolo News] Baz Mohammad Ahmadi, the Deputy Minister of Counter Narcotics, on Wednesday said that two big-time drug smugglers, also implicated in myrmidon activities, were locked away
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
during an operation conducted by Afghan anti-drug task forces.

The arrests mark a small victory in a war on the illicit drug trade that has seen little progress in recent years. Afghanistan saw a record-breaking opium crop this year, and remains the leading exporter of the drug in the world.

"...small and big military operations have been initiated in various parts of the country during which time two major narcos were tossed in the calaboose
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
in Nimroz and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
provinces," Ahmadi said. "They have been involved in terrorist activities as well."

What affect the capturing of these two men will have on the drug trade in Afghanistan is unknown.

Some of the major beneficiaries of the opium business in Afghanistan are anti-government groups, which rely on the illicit trade to fund their activities.

The Deputy Minister of Interior has acknowledged the involvement of Afghan police in drug smuggling, but said that if any police personnel were found guilty, they would be prosecuted.

This came after a police officer was arrested in connection to his cooperation with a drug ring.

The Afghan Minister of Interior has said over the last two months nearly 54 tones of opium has been discovered and seized in Afghanistan.
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