TARIN KOT (SW) – Hundreds of people visit the “opium market” every day in the city of Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan, which is located 50 meters from the provincial governor’s office, and freely sell and buy drugs.
Khairullah and Hamid Gul, two residents of the drug dealers in the province, say they used to keep opium for some time after harvest, but this year, when prices have risen, they immediately brought their opium to the “opium market” for sale.
They added that they buy and sell without any restrictions.
Hundreds of others, like Khairullah and Hamid Gul, are busy buying and selling drugs every day in Tarin Kot.
A number of other drug traffickers in Uruzgan told Salam Watandar that the price of opium and its trade has risen sharply since the Islamic Emirate issued a decree banning the cultivation of poppy and any other narcotics in the country.
One of the smugglers, who did not want to be named, said that the price of opium had risen from 1.5 million afghanis to 8 million afghanis. According to him, now the price of each kilogram of opium is from 15,000 to 25,000 afghanis.
Mohammad Asef, Uruzgan’s director of information and culture, says they are trying to stop people involved in drug dealing.
However, Uruzgan residents are calling for a ban on drug dealing in the province’s markets, saying that drug dealing in the heart of the city is causing insecurity.
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