Issues+of+South+Asia

Issues taking place in South Asia
=Afghan War=

After the 9.11 attacks, the United States became aware that the al-Qaeda was responsible for the attacks. Al-Qaeda was a Taliban-nurtured terrorist network that Osama Bin Laden had joined, and Laden was best known for the 9.11 attacks. Afghanistan was the country where al-Qaeda was based and the ruling Taliban of Afghanistan shut down their facilities while refusing to surrender. US, with support from United Kingdom and the Northern Alliance invaded Afghanistan in October, 2001 with a name "War on Terrorism".

=Illicit drugs=

Afghanistan and India are the world's largest opium producers. It is so widespread that nations' governments can't eradicate drug abuses. These drugs export to it's neighboring countries such as Bangladesh, causing serious problem of corrupted abuses. Pakistan is regarded as significant transit area for Afghan drugs. The Taliban and other anti-government groups perform opiate trade which is the major source for Taliban's income. Most of the drugs such as heroin in Europe and Eurasia are derived from Afghan opium.

=Human Trafficking=

Number of people in India literally shows it's heavy traffic packed with humans, which is India's largest problem regarding it's economic status, size, and many others. Forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation lay among trafficking people of India. Men, women, and children are kept in debt bondage which serve as the major reason for it's trafficked population. Children's jobs are subjected to harsh labor such as factory works, domestic servants, beggars, and agrilculture workers. Some boys have forcefully participated in war by some terrorist groups. Women are trafficked within the country for their purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and forced marriage. These women includes some from Nepal and Bangladesh for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation, to earn money for their family's living. Although India's government continues to rescue victims for its human trafficking, India had five consecutive years of failing to provide efforts for resolving this problem. Similar goes for Sri Lanka. Involuntary servitude and commercial sexual exploitation had overcome people of Sri Lanka. Some migrate to the Persian Gulf, Middle East, and East Asia to get some sort of occupation while they often find themselves in threats, physical or sexual abuse, and debt bondage. Sri Lanka had two consecutive years of failing to provide evidence for improvements made.

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