U.S. Includes India Among 22 Major Illicit Drug Producers

The presidential memo also noted that opium poppy trade in Afghanistan threatens domestic institutions, subverts the legal economy, and undermines good governance and the capacity of the Afghan people. US support for Afghanistan after 2014 would focus on maintaining established infrastructure and improving security, it said.

The US is also working to secure more bilateral and multilateral assistance from the international community beyond programmes that are already in place. At the same time, it is in the best interest of countries in the region with high levels of opium-product abuse to support Afghanistan's counter-narcotics efforts, the memo said.

This includes Afghanistan's immediate neighbours -- Iran, Pakistan, and Russia -- as well as other nations such as India and China. There is also an increase in transshipments of Afghanistan heroin going to Canada, a development of concern that is being addressed by Canada with support from the US, the memo noted.

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