Afghanistan's Opium Trail | movie | 2007 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Over 90% of the world's opium now comes from Afghanistan. In this shocking new film, we ride the drugs caravan, from cul | dG1fak1Gem1ZTjR0Mms

Transcript

00:00This is the route between Afghanistan and Iran.

00:07What's happening here happens every day.

00:13Afghan smugglers have been caught in an Iranian ambush.

00:18We have the opportunity to see at close hand how painstakingly the trap is sprung.

00:23We're the first camera team allowed to witness such a scene,

00:26in a border area classed as forbidden territory by the Iranians.

00:30We're quickly made aware of how high the risk is.

00:34The smugglers fight back hard, giving away no ground,

00:37shooting at anything that moves.

00:44Then the Iranians send in reinforcements, along with machine gun fire.

00:49What is, for many, a merciless campaign rages along this border.

00:58The roots of this daily conflict can be traced back to the Afghan poppy fields.

01:13Ahmad Ola is a poppy farmer in the south-west of the country.

01:17The weather has been warm and wet, ideal for the cultivation of the opium poppy.

01:33Ahmad Ola's luck is in.

01:35He's harvesting his second crop this year.

01:37He can hardly wait for the arrival of the buyer.

01:40He's banking on the proceeds to support his large family all through the winter.

01:45What are we to do, the farmer asks us.

01:50Then he answers his own question.

01:52We have nothing else, just raw opium.

01:54The Kabul government has been trying to dissuade farmers from cultivating poppies.

02:02It hasn't even made a dint in their operation.

02:08There's no money at all in growing cereals.

02:11The yield, according to Ahmed's brother, wouldn't even cover the cost of tractor fuel.

02:15Basically, opium poppy cultivation makes better business sense.

02:18Much buru dear, much buru dear, last me thang dee.