Heroin production in Afghanistan has grown by 40 times says Russian drugs tsar - Telegraph

Heroin production in Afghanistan has grown by 40 times says Russian drugs tsar - Telegraph: "Viktor Ivanov, head of Russia's Federal Service for Narcotics Control, has for the last two years been fighting the traffic of Afghan heroin into Russia. He spoke to Newsweek's correspondent about his efforts to persuade Nato to eradicate Afghanistan's poppy fields


Stopping Afghanistan's drug industry Not so long ago you met Nato in Brussels to discuss the issues with drug traffic from Afghanistan. What was your impression? Is Nato ready to take real steps in fighting heroine production and trade?
Nato is a military organisation, not a political one. They should be using their resources to destroy the plants containing narcotics. In Afghanistan, I spoke to the head of the Nato military council. He put it straight, as a military person – “as soon as the decision is made, we will start destroying the poppy fields”. Precise, short and clear"