Year: 2017 | Month: September | Volume 62 | Issue 3
Narcotic Dilemma and Political Upheaval in Afghanistan
DOI:10.5958/0976-4666.2017.00048.1
Abstract:
In Republic of Afghanistan international community is facing an unprecedented treat of Narcotic Production and Consumption. The Afghanistan is widely known as the largest producer of the world’s supply of heroin. The threat has gone to the extent that in 2016, it was estimated that 80% of the world’s Opium supply came from Afghanistan. Estimated production has risen by 43% in 2016 compared with 2015 levels, according to latest Afghan Opium Survey figures released by Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Opium is Afghanistan’s largest cash crop. The Republic of Afghanistan is the country where the maximum production of Opium takes place. The problem is a serious concern in the future because it has a tendency to grow more and more as Afghanistan is about to complete the major project which will connect the South Asia, Central Asia and Middle East. This is of New Silk Route, one of the biggest reconstructions happening in Eurasian Content after the disorganisation of Soviet Union. In this context the study would attempt to access the problems of illicit drugs and Narcotic Production in Afghanistan and in what way planners of the country will undertake steps to prevent the illegal trade of Narcotic Business.
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