Afghanistan vows more action on drugs
Afghanistan, the world’s leading opium producer, vowed to take “strong action” against the drug and said it had made a start by destroying thousands of hectares (acres) of poppy fields this year. Around 1,500 drug traffickers had been arrested since May 2005 when Afghanistan’s first-ever drugs court was opened, Deputy Interior Minister General Mohammad Daud Daud said at the opening of a new court building. Full Story