UN Forms Counter-Narcotics Working Group for Afghanistan as Opium Production Rises

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced that it has convened the inaugural meeting of its counter-narcotics working group, as a follow-up to the third meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar.

In a press release on Thursday, UNAMA stated that the establishment of the working group follows the recommendations of the independent assessment of Afghanistan submitted to the UN Security Council last year. The assessment, conducted by the UN Special Coordinator for Afghanistan, Feridun Sinirlioğlu, was endorsed by the Security Council in December.