Drugs
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Afghanistan
Russia: Taliban Has Cut Drug Production and Trafficking by 90%
DID Press: Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has stated that Afghan authorities under the Taliban have significantly reduced drug trafficking and have largely fulfilled their commitments in counter-narcotics efforts. Speaking after his visit to India, Shoigu said Taliban officials…
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Afghanistan
Drug Trafficking from Afghanistan to Ukraine Involving Brother of Zelensky’s Chief of Staff
DID Press: Russian state news agency RIA Novosti claimed Denys Yermak, the younger brother of Andriy Yermak—Ukraine President’s chief of staff—was accomplice in a drug trafficking operation from Afghanistan to Ukraine in the summer of 2024. According to the report,…
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Afghanistan
The West could Pay a heavy Price for the Taliban’s war on Drugs
You might, temporarily, break up a drug ring, but that only makes matters worse: a recent study of policing in Indiana in the US has shown that when police make a major drug bust, the number of fatal overdoses may…
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