Drugs torched in Herat
The Kabul Times is a state-run paper published in English every other day.
Drugs torched in Herat
The Kabul Times is a state-run paper published in English every other day.
About 942 kilograms of narcotics seized in a string of raids by security forces were torched in the western province of Herat on March 4, officials said. The drugs, mostly opium, were burnt in the presence of Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Daud Daud, British ambassador Rosalind Marsden, a US embassy representative and a number of local officials. Ambassador Marsden described the burning of the narcotics as a success in the fight against drugs, saying, “Poppy cultivation was a big challenge to Afghanistan’s stability and I assure you that UK with the cooperation of the US, is supporting Afghanistan in curbing the drug trade.”
