Afghanistan meth trade surges as Taliban clamps down on heroin
The Taliban, which regained power in August 2021, announced a ban the following April on the production of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's main opium producer.
Afghan police officers chat with each others in front of a pile of burning illegal drugs in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan July 1, 2021.(photo credit: REUTERS/OMAR SOBHANI)ByREUTERS