Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with US Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William R. Brownfield yesterday evening. A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that both sides discussed countering drugs in regional and global levels. The statement quoting Brownfield stated that US is currently working on a strategy to fight against drugs and would like to seek Ghani’s advice on the strategy. Brownfield further stated that US President Donald Trump has a strong will in the fight against drugs and since Afghanistan is one of the biggest producers of drugs in the world, the strategy could have positive impact on Afghanistan. Meanwhile Ghani has welcomed US strategy to fight against drugs. Ghani added that terrorist organisations and drug traffickers are connected and support each other and thus we need to fight against them jointly.
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