贩毒问题仍继续严重威胁阿富汗的和平与稳定。塔利班利用非法贩运毒品资助其恐怖活动。如报告所述，该国的罂粟种植和生产有所增加，而罂粟铲除率低是一个非常令人不安的问题，其原因是战斗激烈，特别是在赫尔曼德省。在这方面，我们欢迎阿富汗、哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦以及联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室共同努力，在区域合作框架内建立处理该问题的共同阵线。我们重申，为了有效禁毒，需要开展国际合作，包括与邻国合作，以防止、打击和消除这一祸害。
Drug trafficking continues to pose serious threats to peace and stability in Afghanistan. The Taliban uses illegal narcotics trafficking to fund its terrorist activities. As indicated in the report, poppy cultivation and production in the country have increased, with the low rate of crop eradication being a most disturbing element, due to heavy fighting, particularly in the province of Helmand. In that regard, we welcome the joint efforts of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to forge a common front against this problem in the framework of regional cooperation. We reiterate that the effective fight against drugs requires international cooperation, including that of neighbouring countries, to prevent, combat and eliminate this scourge.