A report by Princeton University’s “World Politics” journal highlighted that the price of one kilogram of Afghanistan heroin in the UK has doubled from $15,000 to $30,000.
The journal noted that large quantities of opium are currently being stockpiled in Afghanistan.
Despite the Taliban’s ban on poppy cultivation, the trade and smuggling of drugs in Afghanistan continue to supply European markets.
Senior researchers Philip Berry and David Mansfield wrote in World...