TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Due to the absence of security check-posts, some areas of Mawra-o-Kokcha district have become safe havens for drug traffickers, local residents on Wednesday.
Officials, however, said efforts were underway for the establishment of security posts in the vulnerable areas of the remote district.
Ajab Khan, a resident of Khwaja Ghar district, said drugs and livestock were smuggled to neighbouring Tajikistan during previous and the current governments.
“The government has repeatedly pledged to set checkpoints, but nobody has taken practical steps yet. As a result, these areas have emerged as safe havens for traffickers and smugglers . . .
