Monday July 10, 2017
Kabul (BNA) Addressing a gathering held Sunday on World “Drug Day” and the Week of National Integration against Drugs Commemoration Event, Second Vice-President Sarwar Denesh said that in fact, government armed insurgents were the biggest narcotics’ traffickers and supporters of poppy cultivation, his office said in a statement. According to Second Vice-President, today narcotics ensure the budget of imposed war and terrorism and the main parts of illegal economy and financial source of terrorists. “Poppy cultivation and trafficking has not only destroyed the country’s economic infrastructures, but it affected the rich culture of the Afghan people,” Second Vice-President added.
Besides continued war in Afghanistan, the world market demand for narcotics, presence of international mafia, lack of regional and international cooperation and coordination and lack of government’s budget for implementation of programs in this regard are the other factors behind growing poppy cultivation in the country, he went on to say. On government administrations’ duties and responsibilities, VP Denesh said alongside the ministry of counternarcotic, other ministries and administrations were also responsible to seriously act in the respect. The minister of counternarcotic Salamat Azimi and a number of other government officials also spoke during the ceremony.
