Financial Times
Reuters: Awash in opium, Afghan 'wild west' slips from Kabul's grasp
In fields less than a 10-minute drive from the intelligence headquarters of Afghanistan's remote western province of Farah, farmers are planting their first illegal opium crop of the year.
Taliban insurgents control half of the region bordering Iran, government officials estimate. In one district, Khaki Safed, the sacked local government chief refuses to step down.
Worried villagers there say a former Taliban commander is leading an armed band several dozen strong who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
WNU Editor: When you really analyze it .... I think no one in history has ever really controlled this part of Afghanistan.
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