{"id":262446,"date":"2023-09-30T19:07:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T13:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=262446"},"modified":"2023-09-30T19:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T13:37:55","slug":"narco-taliban-why-afghan-meth-is-indias-big-headache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/narco-taliban-why-afghan-meth-is-indias-big-headache\/","title":{"rendered":"Narco Taliban – Why Afghan meth is India\u2019s big headache"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/strong> This post is created based on the article \u2018Narco Taliban<\/strong>\u2019 published in The Times of India <\/strong>on 30th<\/sup> Sep, 2023.<\/p>\n

Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3 \u2013 Internal Security<\/strong><\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> Methamphetamine, a strong illegal drug, is becoming more popular worldwide, with Afghanistan as a key source. This drug is replacing heroin.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan has now become a hub for methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

The UN office on drugs and crime (UNODC) has emphasized the increase in meth trafficking from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

What are the efforts taken by government to fight drug menace from Afghanistan?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Government has launched Operation Samudragupt<\/strong> to combat maritime drug trafficking from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The amount of seized meth in India has seen a significant rise from 4.2 kg in 2018 to 357 kg in 2022.<\/p>\n

What are the challenges in front of India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to the European Foundation for South Asian Studies, Afghanistan is transforming into a narco-state.<\/strong> Illegal drug has now become the dominant economic sector<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The natural presence of ephedra plants in Afghanista<\/strong>n, a key ingredient for meth, makes the situation even more challenging.<\/p>\n

The drug’s affordability<\/strong> and India’s growing youth unemployment create a high-risk environment. there’s a risk unemployed youth might start using the affordable drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post is created based on the article \u2018Narco Taliban\u2019 published in The Times of India on 30th Sep, 2023. Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3 \u2013 Internal Security News: Methamphetamine, a strong illegal drug, is becoming more popular worldwide, with Afghanistan as a key source. This drug is replacing heroin. Afghanistan has now become… Continue reading Narco Taliban – Why Afghan meth is India\u2019s big headache<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,406,10496],"class_list":["post-262446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-internal-security","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}