At times when other countries of the world compete in the international market by their technological, agricultural and industrial products by making best uses of their human and natural resources, Afghanistan has shaken the globe by producing more than 90 percent of world's opium. With more investment in anti-drug policies by international community in Afghanistan, the problem has become more complex.

As the international forces are set to withdraw in 2014, opium production is expected to further escalate. After terrorism, drugs are another challenge for many countries to counter.

With the passage of every year, more people get addicted drugs around the world which results in the death toll of people who die due the side effects caused by drugs to increase. Now heroin and morphine made from opium have even found their ways into NATO bases in Afghanistan. Newly obtained data shows that the U.S. Army has investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan over the last two years on suspicion of using or distributing heroin, morphine or other drugs.

During that time, eight soldiers died of drug overdoses. Afghan soldiers and interpreters have been blamed for supplying drugs to the US soldiers. Need to mention that already there have been reports notifying that a noteworthy number of soldiers in Afghan security forces are addicted to drugs.

The fact that Afghan soldiers have been selling drugs to their foreign counterparts should not be astonishing. Afghanistan is poor country, over a million of people here are addicted to drugs and drugs are sold openly in all provinces of Afghanistan.

Army is where strictest discipline is employed, and it is the most reputable organization in every country. If the army of country gets infected by the virus of drugs, the end result will be catastrophic for that nation, if proper measures are not taken to clean it immediately. The matter of addiction of Afghan and the US soldiers should be taken as serious and timely actions should be taken to prevent drugs from entering into military bases.