As the Afghan economy collapses, drugs and people smuggling are booming.
- Professor in Conflict and Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
L’offensive des combattants islamistes leur a permis de prendre la main sur les principales régions de la culture du pavot et des routes pour acheminer la production vers les pays voisins.
Tras hacerse con el control de muchos puestos comerciales fronterizos estratégicos, los talibanes controlan cada vez más el tráfico de drogas afgano.
Having taken charge of multiple vital border trading posts, the Taliban is now increasingly in control of the Afghan drug trade.
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