The spokesman of the Islamic Emirate said that since the return of the Islamic Emirate, a serious fight against narcotics has been carried out in Afghanistan, and the concerns voiced by countries are baseless.

Zabihullah Mujahid rejected the claims of drug trafficking out of Afghanistan, and called on the world to cooperate in the area.

“Islamic Emirate is serious about smuggling. Our fight has had three aspects, first, we ban poppy cultivation of drugs. The farmers should be helped and, the countries which have been affected by drugs and the money they used in this regard should be given to the Afghans,” he added. 

Meanwhile, some Central Asia media outlets have recently reported that Tajikistan wants to manage its borders with the financial cooperation of Japan to reduce the threat of drug trafficking from Afghanistan.

Quoting the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Tajikistan, The Times of Asia reported that the Japanese government, through its Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is also funding the Border Management Project, an initiative to support the Tajik Government in controlling its national border with Afghanistan. 

“The project aims to both secure the length of the Tajik-Afghan border and facilitate cross-border trade, the report reads. 

Meanwhile, several military analysts believe that some superpower countries are making efforts to destabilize Afghanistan. 
 
“The borders of our neighboring countries are safe from drugs. Japan is of the same opinion with America, that's why it wants to transfer the war of the Arabic world to Central Asia, especially to Afghanistan.,” said Kamran Aman, a military analyst. 

“In the half of a century the eastern and western superpowers have fought for special goals in the geography of Afghanistan, which led to the increasing terrorism and cultivation and smuggling of drugs,” said Akhtar Rashikh, a military analyst. 

Before this, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General, Imangali Tasmagambetov, at the joint meeting of the Council and the 16th plenary session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in Moscow expressed concerns about the increase of terrorist group activities, drug smuggling, and the smuggling of weapons in Afghanistan, claims which were rejected by the Islamic Emirate.