ISTANBUL -- India is bracing for a surge in drug trafficking from both Afghanistan and Myanmar as political and economic crises in those countries stoke ideal conditions for smugglers, a top anti-narcotics official told Nikkei Asia.
Afghanistan turmoil
India faces double drugs threat from Afghanistan, Myanmar
Officials worry narcotics will pour in amid political, economic crises
An Afghan man tends to a poppy field in 2014. Political upheaval in Afghanistan and Myanmar last year is threatening neighboring India with a wave of illicit narcotics. © Reuters
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