How Heroin Defeated America in Afghanistan | The War on Drugs

In 2021, the world watched as the US military retreated chaotically from Afghanistan after 20-years of war. But in Afghanistan, America was defeated as much by the illegal heroin trade as by the Taliban itself. This is how heroin has fundamentally reshaped Afghanistan as a country for decades – and how you can’t understand the West’s failure there without it. Watch more from this series: The Opioid Crisis Sweeping Africa Why Mexican Cartels Use American Guns How Mexican Drug Cartels Make Billions Check out the VICE World News playlist for global reporting you won’t find elsewhere: Click here to subscribe to VICE: About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Informatio