US-Russia bust Afghan drug labs

US-Russia bust Afghan drug labs


Two hundred million doses of heroin have been destroyed in Afghanistan thanks to the joint efforts of Russia and the US. Four drug laboratories were raided and destroyed on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Thursday morning. This is the first joint effort between the US and Russia to take down the Afghanistan drug flow.

Afghan heroin kills 10X more than Taliban

Afghan heroin kills 10X more than Taliban

The war in Afghanistan continues to wage on it may not be the largest problem facing the war torn nation. Russia and the United States are teaming up to take on the Afghan drug industry which has continued to spiral out of control. Earlier, Director of the Russian Drug Control Service Victor Ivanov was in Washington to push the Americans to help eradicate poppy fields in Afghanistan