Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:18am on 18 Sep 2025,Thursday India Global
U.S. President Donald Trump has classified Afghanistan, India, China, and Pakistan among the world’s “major drug transit or major illicit drug-producing countries.” This designation stems from their roles in the cultivation, production, or transit of narcotics and precursor chemicals that feed the global drug trade. Although inclusion on this list doesn’t automatically reflect insufficient government efforts against drugs, it could impact international cooperation and funding. The move has drawn attention to regional drug-control policies and may intensify diplomatic pressure on the listed nations to improve monitoring, enforcement, and cross-border counter-narcotics collaboration. (PC: ETV)
