| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Illegal
Afghanistan. Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving
Afghanistan. Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving
(…) The trade in drugs and people are growing in importance as other sectors of the economy contract or shut down and poverty deepens.
Both illicit economies involve complex logistics, infrastructure and networks of brokerage to enable and funnel flows of people or illegal drugs out of the country. Both have responded with remarkable speed and agility to the political rupture marked by the Taliban takeover. (Conversation, UK, 13.12.2021)
https://theconversation.com/afghanistan-heroin-and-human-trafficking-are-the-only-two-sectors-of-the-economy-still-thriving-173367