IEA and Uzbek ambassador discuss ways to counter narcotics in Kabul

Yadgar Khwaja Shadmanov, Uzbekistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, met on Tuesday with Abdurrahman Qasemi, civil deputy of the counter-narcotics department of the interior ministry, where both sides discussed ways to fight against narcotics, the ministry said in a statement.

At the meeting, the head of the counter-narcotics department Hasibullah Ahmadi also emphasized the commitment of the Islamic Emirate in the fight against narcotics and asked the ambassador to cooperate with the caretaker government in this regard.

Islamic Emirate counter-narcotics’ officials also called on the ambassador of Uzbekistan to cooperate in the upcoming conference in the capacity building of interior ministry’s officials in the fight against drugs.