Afghanistan's Billion Dollar Drug War | 101 East
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- Afghanistan's Billion Dollar Drug War - 101 East
It is the frontline of the war on drugs - and it is a battle authorities are losing.
Afghanistan's poppy fields, which feed the habits of drug addicts worldwide, are thriving, with cultivation of the crop hitting record highs last year.
With NATO troops pulling out and local law enforcement agencies ill-equipped and underfunded, production looks set to increase even further.
The number of Afghan addicts is soaring and with the Taliban funded by the drug trade, security fears are paramount.
101 East travels to fields where poppies grow and meets the local officers responsible for stemming the flow of drugs to the world.
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Please protect momma she is only trying to the work that she was called to do please keep her safe from all harm 🙏🙏
Mama like prophet Avraam, who was beaten for 10 years by his people for preaching them to believe in 1 God.... and finally God destroyed them....
@Annette Alim
No...no good advice...she have to help her own people...Drug Addicted people could be found in any country. Someone have to help them...i had 4 brothers who died from heroin addiction in 30 years old. It is really bad habit....and big stress to all.
MOMMA NEEDS. VERY GOOD PROTECTION SHES TRYING HER BEST TO DO GOOD. & HELP ADDICTS.....PLEASE GOD SEND YOUR ANGELS. TO PROTECT HER & KEEP HER FAMILY SAFE. 24/7
LlLL
Yeah, that woman is a saint. 🙏🕊️☮️
That guy that speaks 5 languages could get a great job with companies, corporations or with other countries. He has a gift.
He got deported from denmark for a reason
@@bernardrobertson5210 because he does drugs I imagine.
@@bernardrobertson5210 vvvv:
"The source of the misery" isn't the drug itself. It is the conditions that lead men down that path.
MountainDew7 poverty not enough money
It's America
@@arshiarahimi7971 The taliban farm and sell most of the heroin of the world
Spot on
@YouStink read his comment again
50 cents a gram! its like $100gram here. thats a huge mark up man. and the guy who speaks 4 or 5 languages need to come to america and get a good job man. so much potential. may god grant u freedom from the evils of addiction
there are many fallen ones like him in this paradise my friend, for example me i dont have any addictions and i have good skills but cant find a good job in Bangladesh because things hard here , i don't know, maybe we are not that blessed and born with sufferings and survival worse survival than jungle
Kh Emon get education and come to belgium🙏🙏🙏
@@ries3554 i am graduate and i have 4.6 years of professional Corporate job experience its so hard to save money here country is corrupt badly and no government facilities for citizens , house rent ,family ,medical costs consume all i earn live is really hard and i am sad to think about future which is like a old man living homeless, it will take 5000 USD i i want to travel Belgium bad i am trying to save money since last 4 years but its hard very hard from my situation.
@@e-guider bro by all means👍🙏
Kh Emon my friend if you keep working hard i know that you will make it one day, maybe in bangladesh, maybe in europe but you will be successful
That English man says that its the only place where I am welcome
It breaks my heart
Wonderful journalism,I appreciate your work
the CIA DEA's gold mine
THEY TOTALLY SWEPT THIS UNDER THE RUG!!!!!
You know
totaly agree
AFGHANISTAN WAS ONCE A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND TODAY IT LOOKS LIKE THE LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY
Here is what they aren't explaining. Afghanistan has 4 large cities. Kabul which you see here had 4.4 million people. Herat out west has 638,000, Mazar e Sharif has about 500,000 and Khandahar the population is 614,000 at the most this city population only accounts for 6-7 million of a population of 38 million. So most of the population doesn't live in the cities and this is one reason why. So most of the population probably does not have this problem. Also all of this Opium and Heroine is going to Europe not the US or Kabul. this is just the leftovers. As the British were able to successfully limit Opium getting into Europe and so more of the local population began to be targeted by Traffickers. Now that Brittish are gone the Opium and Heroine traffick leaving has now increased and local Opium is now probably more expensive.
It's still mostly a beautiful country this is in the big city with 4.4 million people. Most of Afghanistans population lives in spread out rural populations that grow but don't used their drugs.
we actually guarded poppy fields when we were there fighting..i was thinking there is something wrong with this picture
jkbear29 How does that make you feel?
+Kelso lowk lol
Kian Pilu did you take any and smoke it? be honest
+jkbear29 I'm convinced the CIA are the biggest drug Traffickers- did you see any?
jackchorn yea same here imin to see response
man, you sure went the length to a dangerous location for the sake of journalism.
i applaud you, sir and your team.
how fearless is this man, omg.
The war on drugs is hopeless
The war for drugs on people.
excellent presentation of the condition of Afghanistan from start to finish great journalist and camera man
The War On Some Drugs is an abysmal failure, both practically and morally, and it should be abandoned immediately.
Jay some drugs, you said it.
THERE IS NO WAR ON DRUGS- THERE IS A WAR ON FOR MORE DRUGS.
@@edp5409 don't think the government and military are over in another country fighting to help people. They are there only to get more profit for themselves. Its that simple.
the war on drugs, the war on terrorism...these put money in certain people's pockets...that's why they exist. war is big business. it will continue until there is no more money to be made.
Speaking 5 languages feeling like hes worthless.that man could come here even in the throws of addiction and thrive.i hope you find your way.god bless you
Really informative video. Well done.
Awesome Jounalism ...Great work guys .......✌🏼👍🏻
God bless the opium farmers, smugglers, and the men who process the opium. May God bless their hands
God doesn’t exist
thank you sharing video
101 EAST, I'm very impressed by your dedication on all your subject offload.
My upmost full respect.
I salute you Steve Chao. For this kind of documentary.
0.50 cent at kilo stop.
If anyone wants to know what women empowerment is.. Momma is the idol.. Such a brave lady❤️
shut up
GREAT REPORTING
Here for sure, life is indeed hard,am grateful
I as an Afghan, know that the money of these drugs are going to US pocket. Afghans are just making it and taking 100$ dollars from each kg but they are sealing it to 1000$ dollars outside Afghanistan.
😭may Allah stop the drugs and help the brothers and sister overcome addiction ameen
Ameen
@@burnttomato3577 Allah don't exist sorry
Great video
Her devotion & Dedication to saving people is great. Blessed you Mama.
50 cents a gram for probably some of the strongest heroin in the world. Thats insane.
Yeh i know ay, id love to try some of that stuff
But i dont think thats the price for heroin. Its the price for raw opium.
Bravo Moma. We need ore people like you in the world.
I've seen several of different clips on your channel on a variety of topics, your an amazing journalist/reporter 👍🕇
Thanks
That's a special soul that lady!
Damn Steve Chao has some serious balls!
Please do updated versions of drug stories ... these are my favorite ... anythibg with drugs corruption ect
great fun. I myself, prefer a good old rape and pillage documentary. Nothing like watching people suffer, is there?
We need more people like mama! ❤️
Very interesting.
can't stop crying GOD Help them
god didn’t help anything, god is the stupid master puppet .
Opium has grown more nd more since americans have gone to afganistan
Wondered why I seen photographs of American soldiers protecting fields of poppies. Now I know why.
Nice lie
Hillarious. They are all in on it.
We need more people like her ❤️
Doesn't it seem strange that it used to be Thailand, Laos and Cambodia where the biggest producers of heroin when the U.S. military was in Vietnam. Now there in Afghanistan and it is now the biggest producer heroin. Seems to me where the U.S.military goes the heroin trade comes right behind them to be protected and supported by them. Where is all that cash going cuz somebody is cashing in big time.
Every country in the world uses drug money to prop up their economy. Let's not single out the usa.
How do you explain the fact that both these places have been producing heroin long long before America even existed ?
Popppopppppppppp
Heroin has been grown there for a hundred years
china from before and insurgency trades in opium
Mama is a brave lady I wished I have a heart like those who help the marginalized invisible ppl to society. ♥️
Just be nice to addicts, that’s the most important thing you can do to help don’t shame them
God blessed Mama♥️
Oh my God! the lady is incredible
BRAVE WOMEN WHO BELIVE ON HUMANITY I LOVE U
Bless her! 🤲🙏
Momma is truly a hero.
Thanks Bush, you definitely broke it. Thanks Obama, you definitely did not fix it.
Tarek Ali Thanks Trump, you will definitely not make anything better
This has been going on since the 50s it’s just been getting worse
Tarek Ali I’m sure it’s not bush or Obama problem we don’t belong to Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Obama and bush are not the president of Afghanistan so don’t blame them blame your corrupted people I’m sure you guys were killing each other off before BUSH intervened your talibans were killing there own people so don’t blame no body else except your culture and religion that’s why your country is suffering I’m sure the people in USA ain’t fighting each other and killing there own people so the fault lies with what you people are being taught by your religion and your culture that is why suffering is soo big there because it’s a cursed nation 😪so think about that
No thanks Trump you definitely f***** it up
dude can u tell me who supported Taliban to fight the Sowiet in Afaghanistan ?
It is USA
USA brought Taliban
"we as police have a duty, we must fight them' ... while the cameras are on. After the cameras leave it's back to the graft and bribes are everywhere. Lol!
The taste of freedom and democracy
My daughter died in the UK from a heroin overdose.
Condolences
14:01 "Sooomeone... aparently... got hold of these boxes and they now transport drugs..." I wonder who that someone can be???
My friend was a soldier in Afghan Army he told me he have seen couple of times that American soldiers took many bags of opium with theme self to USA with military plane. Its maybe true
lmaooo
Need more people like her in this world
for every one of her there is a multitude of pigs prosecuting the innocent
Taliban probably killedher
Afghanistan is very important for the entire worlds drug production. As long as there's money to be made drug cartels will keep operating out of there
Drug cartels like the us government
Hi I am looking for a high quality Afghan heroin supplier I will pay $200 for 28g or 1oz if it is good quality I will buy weekly if you ship to me fast If you are interested, send a text message to me (Brian) @ +1(762)-337-9154 thanks
@@Erotic2winsofAtlanta 👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣
US troops protected the Poppy fields in Afganistan
@@garycooper9207 because they wanted it from themselves 😂
Poppies are so pretty!
I do respect AJ and watch it when I need to get my world news. But sometimes even they can get it wrong. They were taken for a ride by their local sources/ journalists. ( the ones recording the radio show for TNN)
Wow under bridges and overpasses is universal because here in Philadelphia they do the same thing. They camp out under the bridges here. I hope they heal from this.
Sadly, some of us addicts fit into everyday life. For 5 years I didnt miss a hit and then one day my wife found out. Now I'm on my own, lost my wife, 2 kids and I've just about lost everything else. Trying my best to get clean.
@@iamarbiter6469 love u bro I feel u
It offers shelter and safety
What a very sad kind of life ,Getting hooked on drugs or feeling like you have no choice but to grow them . When all choices would be help to them the people . If their government took a bigger interest in helping the farmers grow other kinds of crops
drugs are dangerous and deadly
Karim Kambari I wish you could get help to turn your life around,
then try to help the others, you seem so aware
God bless mamma.
I'm really speechless 🤭
That's crazy prices here it's £40 a gram. 20 Cigarettes here are about 18x the price of a gram of heroin there. That's madness
And it wont be no where near as pure 20, 30% max
@@brianmunich553 I know that's mad 20-30% would be good.
It is something you have skills that can take you places
Want more of Steve chaw
The women is like an Angel to them in such terrible times But govt must needs to take some action with her regarding this spreading disease of heroine addiction..
When US and British forces invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 poppies were grown on around 74,000 hectares - 285 square miles.
The new figures showed production had increased more than four-fold in 15 years: now opium was being grown on 328,000 hectares - 1,266 square miles.
bbc
Brave Lady..I will ask God to protect her.
May Allah give you a thousand blessings Laila. Hope I spelt name right, I'm English. 💖👍😘
Nobody cares
Thank you The great United States of America for such magnificent gift to poor humans whom are in war from 10 decades
they cause the wars there
That dude literally spoke 4 languages and didn't had a job what a misfortune 😭😭
i never knew how pretty flower grows with the poppy flower uhm i like the flower only.
She's a gem of Afghanistan
16:10 Lil' Jon? lmfao
+Michael Uy lolololol
Michael McCann
Lal jaan not lil jon
'Billion Dollar Drug War
' - against whom exactly?
The USA manage Afghanistan's drug industry
Despair is the womb from which all addictions are born
despair is the sperm from which all addictions are born.
despair is the person with the victim-blaming attitude to blame all women to take the heat of any responsibility off his own shoulders.
True Idk what the weirdo talking bout sperm under your comment was tryna argue 🤔😅
This is depressing.
In taliban rule the opuim production was at it lowest and when America enters it rise up 35 times higher
Karim Kambari you seem to have a bright mind, do something with it, maybe an interpreter? and try to help the others you do not seem too far gone, all the best
I know!!! It was so sad to see someone so smart as an addict
I know many smart addicts.and I have read some amazing poetry by addicts..hope they battle there demons&come out on top.
And I thought Casal ventoso in Portugal was bad back in the 90's
Give Me Poppy..2019 its everywhere from poor to so called noble addicts...
From my prospective, if the farmers get sustainable alternative than they will never cultivate opium. Just cash for work and other short term programs will not work. unemployment is big challenge, less return of other crops as compare with opium is another problem, cheap price of vegetable, fruits, and grain.
The real problem is demand. As long as demand stays high production and revenue will follow.
Just buy the product and destroy it would be the cheapest realistic solution
The Americans could've wiped it out. Easily,instead,there is a huge rise in production! Hmmmmmmm???
Can anyone confirm whether momma is still alive??? Anyways all the respect and love for her❤️
Yeah bro I really wanna know bout her
Here in Australia it range's from $300 - $600 and is dependent on who you know etc. . .
I guess here in India its about $30
It's such a terrible drug. I kind of see how they get into it. It's the human condition. Can't imagine what it would be like living there. God help them.
Studies show animals under stress or unhappy conditions are highly susceptible to abusing opiates...looks like I'd be tempted to shoot up also in that situation...at least for the time you high you can escape reality ..opiates are miraculous in that regard...you can be extremely happy in the worst conditions with opiates in your tool box
Just imagine how pure it is aswell
@@karlmeadows4986i know I'm an addict and my mouth waters watching this.
By GOD, this breaks my heart. Humans killing humans.
مرحبًا ، أنا أبحث عن مورد هيروين أفغاني عالي الجودة ، وسأدفع 200 دولار مقابل 28 جرامًا أو 1 أوقية إذا كانت ذات نوعية جيدة ، وسأشتري أسبوعيًا إذا كنت تشحن إلي سريعًا إذا كنت مهتمًا ، يرجى إرسال رسالة نصية أو اتصل على 7623379154 شكراًHi I am looking for a high quality Afghan heroin supplier I will pay $200 for 28g or 1oz if it is good quality I will buy weekly if you ship to me fast If you are interested, send a text message to me (Brian) @ +1(762)-337-9154 thanks
Life is about survival and the more of us they kill, the less wealth they have to spread around and share. Kill off you competition and its more for the top %2. The super rich have no desire to share and spread around the available wealth. Greed is in charge of mans minds and soul. The more you feed the more they breed and the competition for what is available becomes fierce. A ton of money is being made in starting wars and killing people. Just like they can make people sick and get super rich curing them. People are just tools and pawns the smart and the rich rulers use for their own amusement and money fountains and can be sent to die once the order is given. We are just a number and only the rich matter. Money talks not people. The sick sadistic rulers of this world have no problem destroying their own planet and all its living things in order to try to win a war. That is how evil the human cancer virus is. God should be ashamed of himself for creating man in the first place. The devil has the upper hand at this time. We have destroyed countless ecosystems and over 900 species. Soon it will be our turn to be extinct.
Oh well
It's too late for those people,long as poppy Fields growing,even you gave them a 5 $ a day job ,I think they would work, or earn money and do more drugs, Mama is true hero care for those people.! 😔
It is next to impossible to get theses addicts off that drug, the pain of withdraw is to much. They consume till they die.
And a "Smuggler" is going to share his smuggling operation with the "Press" because....??????
6:23 what a wonderful person
there's no such thing as a good Muslim
50cents a GRAM?!!!
Live or recorded
50c a gram of pure h, in euro zone you pay 60 to 100 euro per gram nice money to be made.
+GRAVE DIGGER ..you pay way more because it's been stepped over up to 10 times...
+Korg Kapperi its more like 15 to 20 times stepped on, purity were i live in ireland is about 8 per sent and yes its fuckin bad.
+GRAVE DIGGER it's trash.. mixed poison medicine sold by tunisia immigrants.. i doubt there's h in it..
Don't get high on your own supply.
"So you're saying now that life is better after the fighting" LOL wow what an insight
That man who speak four language, he also speak afgani and he is so intelligent just check at 6.43 what exactly he say !!! Hope he will find job and overcome this
our troops have guarding poppy fields for years
I am a Pakistani but i cried to see the situation of Afghanistan's capital Kabul where there is more than three million opium addicted people. It's very harsh situation to understand because from one side Afghan puppet government support to cultivate poppy in country in other side they have world highest number of opium addicted people. If you look at the situation of Pakistan where billion of dollar Afghan producted opium burned by security forces every year. Pakistan should completely fence border with Afghanistan because if Pakistanis are indulge in these drugs addiction it may become a worst and dying situation to deal for Pakistan. Pakistan government and security authorities should negotiates with Afghanistan to please for God sake stop poppy cultivation. It isn't only destroying Afghanistan but it's worst for whole human being. Pakistan zindabad pak army zindabad.
unfortunately in pakistan is a high number of heroin addicts :(
I don’t care worlds overpopulated anyway
An American scientist who's daughter died of heroin overdose created a fungus that would wipe out poppy fields in Afghanistan and poppy's wouldn't be able to ever grow again in that area , he wanted to spray the fields from a plane , the American government refused him ,
@@anthonydavis3424damn! Brutal.
wonder how much to not find my valuable field
I do!