According to the United Nations, Afghanistan provides 80% of the world’s opium. Millions of people in Afghanistan are affected by drug abuse and addiction
Afghanistan’s position as the world’s biggest producer of opium is one of the most persistent issues it faces. Afghanistan’s economy and culture are linked with growing, cultivating, and selling the by-products of the indigenous poppy plant
There are an estimated 300,000 drug addicts in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, and authorities say that number is rising
A settlement in western Afghanistan has become known as the “village of widows.” Some 50 women in the village of Mir Ali in Herat Province’s Adraskan district have lost their husbands, with many killed or executed after smuggling drugs across the Iranian border