FNA - Iranian Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari warned that production of different types of narcotics has grown much in Afghanistan since the US started war against the country in 2001. "Cultivation of poppy and production of drugs have multi-folded in Afghanistan since the deployment of Americans," General Ashtari told reporters in ...

Alwaght- Afghanistan is a country struggling with a wide range of crises that seemingly stood as reason for the deployment of the foreign forces to Afghanistan. One of the major issues that keep digging gaps between various internal and international parties is the drugs production challenge. This beside the intention to wage a war against the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President's Chief of Staff Mohammad Nahavandian underlined that the US-led invasion and occupation of Afghanistan has resulted in the rise in the production of illicit drugs. "Attacking Afghanistan took place under the slogan of combatting terrorism, but in practice the production and distribution of narcotics which is one ...

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Iran's Minister of Interior stated that the production of drugs in Afghanistan saw a 17 percent increase this year due to US complicity. MOSCOW, December 8 (Sputnik) The production ofdrugs inAfghanistansaw a 17 percent increase this year due toUS complicity, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Iran's Minister ofInterior said onMonday....

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian anti-narcotics official called for all-out cooperation by all the world countries to stop or reduce poppy cultivation in the world's largest opium producer, Afghanistan. Stopping the cultivation and production of narcotics should be the first international measure in Afghanistan and this can only be materialized if all ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- An undersecretary of Iran's Drug-Combat Headquarters warned that growing drug-trafficking in Afghanistan has resulted in the spread of terrorism and organized crime to Iran. The revenues gained through the transit and trafficking of narcotics will increase organized crime and terrorism in Iran, Taha Taheri said, addressing a conference ...

Irans deputy ambassador to the UN has called on relevant international bodies to firmly counter drugs production and smuggling in Afghanistan. Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on Thursday, Gholam-Hossein Dehqani said the continued increase in poppy cultivation and drug trafficking in Afghanistan indicate that ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans anti-narcotics police chief described production of illicit drugs in Afghanistan as a serious global threat, calling on the UN to help regional countries cope with this dilemma. Narcotics production in Afghanistan is a dangerous threat not only to the region, but also to the entire world, and the threat can imperil development ...