ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IN PAKISTAN-AFGHAN RELATIONS (SINCE THE END OF THE 20th CENTURY — PRESENT)

Abstract

The article discusses the role of illegal drug trafficking in Pakistani-Afghan relations. The author explores the emergence and development of drug production in the zone of Pashtun tribes on the Afghan-Pakistani border. Attention is also paid to drug production in Pakistan in the 1980s. In the 21st century Pakistan is a part of two Afghan drug-trafficking routes (the Balkan Route and the Southern Route), allowing illegal drug shipments to Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania, as well as to North America.