Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr D. Khatynoghlu / Production of drugs in Afghanistan during the operation of US troops totalled 8mln kg, IRNA quotes the Secretary General of Iranian Organization for Combating Drugs, General Ismayil Ahmadi Mugaddam, said at the meeting of Muslim countries' Ambassadors in Teheran on 17 September.
According to Mugaddam, using the fight against terrorism as a cover, the United States occupied Afghanistan and after US troops entered the country drugs production increased by several times. Iran is seriously combating the spread of narcotics within the country and to prevent their smuggling abroad, Mugaddam said.
He informed the ambassadors of foreign countries that Iran was ready to implement plans on the fight against drug trafficking within the country and abroad.