U.S. Counternarcotics Policy: Essential to Fighting Terrorism in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is the number one producer of opium (the raw material for heroin), producing over 90 percent of the world total.[1] Gross revenue from drugs is equal to about 15 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

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