UNRAVELLING the American Drug CARTEL in Afghanistan | REAL MATTERS

★ Go to and support Real Matters Is Afghan drug trafficking directly linked to the US backed Afghan leadership and even to the CIA itself? In Part 1 we will look at Afghanistan’s complex relationship with Opium and the United States.( 5 MIN DOCUMENTARY 2017, PART 1 of 3, ) Part 2 will be released when this vid hits 5000 views. Peace!! _____________ Afghanistan is part of whats known its the “Golden Crescent” an area containing mostly Afghanistan and Pakistan where Heroin Production and Refining is rife. Afghanistan’s Opium Trade extends at least back to the 1980’s when ClA-supported Mujahedeen rebels engaged heavily in drug trafficking while fighting against the Soviet-supported government and its plans to reform Afghan society. The Rebels principal client was Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of the leading drug lords and a leading heroin refiner. CIA supplied trucks and mules, which had carried arms into Afghanistan, were also being used to transport opium to laboratories along the Afgha