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| Afghan poppy field (File Photo) |
by Jawid Jiaratjaie
Ahmad Zia Massoud, the president's special representative on reforms and good governance, on Sunday said in Herat city that major drug traffickers are in the National Unity Government (NUG) and they are preventing security forces from eliminating insurgents.
Massoud, had been speaking at the inauguration ceremony of National Resistance Council and said as long as poppy fields exist in the country, the war will not stop.
"Major drug smugglers are in the government departments and they prevent the plans for elimination of insurgents," he said.
According to Massoud, the smugglers earn billions of dollars a year through trafficking drugs and that the continuation of war is in their interests.
Massoud also said people should help security forces to maintain security.
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