Special Investigations Unit: Narco State
In 2001, the United States launched ?Operation Enduring Freedom,? but today, Afghanistan is still in crisis. CNN’s Anderson Cooper investigates how drug profits are fueling the Taliban’s resurgence and what NATO and U.S. drug enforcement authorities are doing about it. NARCO STATE will trace the opium journey from poppy flower to addict. In this program we will travel with DEA and Afghan anti-drug officials to Taliban-controlled regions in Afghanistan, introducing viewers to the farmers who grow poppies and the officials charged with stopping them.
Airing Fall 2007 on CNN.
