Deputy Spokesman for the IEA, tolds that nearly 1,500 drug factories in the country have been destroyed in the past two years.
Fitrat added that since the return of the Islamic Emirate to power, serious efforts have been made to prevent drug trafficking.
The deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate said: “A strong campaign against narcotics has been conducted, and as a result, nearly 1,500 drug production factories, processing plants, and storage facilities have been destroyed in the past two years.”
Hamdullah Fitrat called on regional and global countries to cooperate with Afghanistan’s caretaker government in the fight against narcotics.
He added, “Drug trafficking is an international challenge, and it is necessary for all regional and global countries, as well as those affected by drugs, to cooperate with Afghanistan in preventing drug trafficking.”
The Islamic Emirate’s statements on the fight against narcotics come as the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, expressing concern about drug trafficking from Afghanistan, announced two days ago that, in cooperation with Russian intelligence services, they have seized 50 kilograms of drugs from Afghanistan.
These two countries [Kazakhstan and Russia] also announced in a joint statement that they have blocked drug trafficking routes from Afghanistan.
The joint statement reads: “The National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in cooperation with Russian intelligence services, has seized 50 kilograms of drugs from Afghanistan. The seized drugs are cannabis and have an estimated black-market value of around 500,000 dollars.”
Moeen Gul Samakni, a political analyst, said: “The [Afghan] government must convince them. Afghans are accused in connection with these drugs, which negatively impacts our relations with the world.”
Earlier, an American publication also reported the existence of large drug reserves in Afghanistan, a claim that the Islamic Emirate denied, stating that all drug reserves in Afghanistan have been destroyed in the past two years.