US Turned Afghanistan Into Global Illicit Drug Lab In 20 Yrs -Russia Security Council Head - UrduPoint

For 20 years, the United States has created a global drug laboratory in Afghanistan, the production of opiates there has grown more than 40-fold, while the development of the Afghan state has been thrown back decades, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said.

"In reality, during the presence of American troops, the number of terrorist acts in Afghanistan has grown significantly," Patrushev said in an interview with the Izvestiya newspaper.

"Instead of fighting drug trafficking, over the two decades of the military-political administration of Afghanistan, the United States has implemented a project to create a drug laboratory on a global scale there.

The production of opiates has increased more than 40 times," he said.

According to Patrushev, the West has never been able to train the army, police and security services of Afghanistan.

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