13 tons of drugs set ablaze in Afghanistan
Around 13 tons of drugs were set ablaze in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province amid a crackdown by the government on the illegal drugs trade. "Different narcotics including heroin, morphine, hashish, opium, chemicals, alcoholic beverages and caffeine were set alight," officials said. Notably, Afghanistan produces 80% of world's opium which is used to produce heroin.