Afghanistan calls for regional anti-drugs cooperation

Afghanistan calls for regional anti-drugs cooperation

Afghanistan supplies nearly 90 percent of the world's opium and heroin and some of the drug profits have long been believed to fund Taliban rebels. Much of the drugs are thought to be smuggled through Iran and Pakistan to Europe and elsewhere, the AP reports.

Representatives from Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China attended the meeting, along with U.N. officials and Western ambassadors.