
The spokesman of the Organization of the treaty of North Atlantic, NATO, in press wheel took I end up in Kabul, last Monday, I communicate the big drug seizures in Afghanistan during the one 2011.
These seizures have served for you cut them the sources of revenues to the taliban, and this is a constant to put an end to these rebels.
The spokesman of the international coalition, general brigadier Carsten Jacobson, apart from speaking of the big seizures, also made it of the collaboration of the Afghan forces in the operations.
13 percent was confiscated more than opium that in the 2010, of haschich 59%, of marijuana you multiplies for 12 and of morphine you multiplies for 10.
There have always been accusations on that the traffic of narcotics is the main source of the Afghan rebels' financing, since this country produces 90 percent of the offer of opium that this in the world markets of the drug.
General brigadier Carsten Jacobson, spokesman of the forces of ISAF that is the coalition military foreigner that NATO directs in Afghanistan, comments that, in 2012, they will continue attacking those entrance sources coming from the sale of drugs.
A report of the office of the UN against the crime, UNODC, assures that, in 2011, the production of opium increased by 61 percent with regard to the previous year.
The UN, through the Office of United Nations against the drug and the crime (UNODC) says that while in 2010 they took place 3.600 tons, in 2011 the production reached those 5.800 tons. In this report, makes sure that the taliban would obtain some 700 millions of dollars of utilities of the sale of opium.
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