Economic Situation of Afghanistan Promotes Drug Cultivation, Says Senior Russian Official
Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Security Council’s Secretary, said that the current economic situation in Afghanistan encourages drug cultivation in the country.
Patrushev warned that Afghanistan’s situation is a threat to the security of Central Asian countries and Russia.
Taliban has banned the production of drugs in Afghanistan, but still the group has been reporting the seizure of drugs in different parts of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's neighbouring countries have also reported the seizure of drug shipments from Afghanistan.
On Friday, at the meeting of the secretaries of the Security Council of Central Asian countries and Russia, which was held in Kazakhstan, Patrushev expressed concerns about the instability in Afghanistan and considered it a threat to Central Asian countries.
In a similar stance to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Patrushev claimed that the United States and Western countries support "terrorists" to destabilise Central Asia.
