US Faces Uphill Battle in Stopping Afghan Drug Trade

The Afghan-Pakistan border is a key channel for the Taliban’s trade in opium and illicit goods.
US Faces Uphill Battle in Stopping Afghan Drug Trade
Confiscated opium is destoyed as a security officers stand by Nov. 3, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Afghanistan is the source of 90 percent of the world's opium, much of which is smuggled across the Pakistani border. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
Joshua Philipp
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Confiscated opium is destoyed as a security officers stand by Nov. 3, 2010 in Herat, Afghanistan. Afghanistan is the source of 90 percent of the world's opium, much of which is smuggled across the Pakistani border. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Joshua Philipp
Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include “The Real Story of January 6” (2022), “The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America” (2022), and “Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus” (2020).
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