Disputes - international status of Kashmir with India; water-sharing problems with India over the Indus River (Wular Barrage)

Illicit drugs illicit producer of opium and hashish for the international drug trade (cultivation in 1997 - 4,100 hectares, a 21% increase over 1996; potential production - 85 metric tons, a 13% increase over 1996); center for processing Afghan heroin and key transit area for Southwest Asian heroin moving to Western markets

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