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Story summary
- Pakistan is emerging as a significant hub for drug production and consumption after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
- The Afghan government's ban on poppy cultivation collapsed production, prompting farmers to move operations to Pakistan's Balochistan province.
- Balochistan has rapidly become a center for illegal poppy farming.
- Afghan trafficking networks have increased the supply of synthetic drugs, particularly methamphetamine, to the Pakistani market.
