Afghanistan’s meth industry is growing at breakneck speed, stoking fears among Western experts and officials that, under the Taliban, the country could become a major supplier as demand rises globally.
Many opium exporters are now moving meth, using existing infrastructure, routes and bribery schemes to reach neighboring Iran and Pakistan.
Afghan meth once struggled to compete globally. “But then all this ephedra was discovered, growing wild in the mountains,” said Sara Hakimi, a former Foreign Ministry official specializing in counternarcotics. “You could just take it, dry it and sell it.”shows they increased over 600 percent. Ghousaddin’s income from meth has allowed him to keep food on the table and save for his sons’ future marriages. He believes there was no other way to survive. “Even poppy wouldn’t grow here,” he said, kicking at the dusty earth.
The country already had some of the highest rates of opiate addiction in the world, according to the latestAfghans gather under a bridge in Kabul to buy and use drugs. Meth addiction is increasing, and drug treatment centers are overwhelmed.
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