Opium Production in Afghanistan - Production and Distribution Regions

Production and Distribution Regions

The following areas of Afghanistan play a role in the drug traffic:

  • Production
    • "Southern region" of Helmand and Kandahar provinces, on the border with Pakistan, which are the highest-volume areas for drug transactions. There is a traditional route from Helmand, through Pakistan, to Iran
  • Smuggling
    • Herat, in Herat Province, the Northern Alliance stronghold, which borders Iran
    • Faizabad, in Badakhshan province, which has borders with Tajikstan, Pakistan, and China.

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