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Under police nose, drug sale rises in Kunduz

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KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Public representatives and residents of northern Kunduz province claim drugs are purchased and sold close to the Counter-Narcotics Department (CNP), with police pocketing bribes instead of stopping the illicit business.

Police, however, rejected the allegations and reaffirmed their commitment to fighting poppy cultivation and drug trafficking in the province.

Safiullah Amiri, deputy head of the Provincial Council, said that Counter-Narcotics Department officials and police made money from the unlawful drug commerce.

Without providing evidence, he said: “Most youth in Kunduz used K tablets and other drugs. The illegal . . .

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