Tajikistan tackles thriving heroin trade
Impoverished Central Asian country gets international support to fight drug trafficking.
Published On 28 May 2012
The government of Tajikistan is taking on drug traffickers, and sniffer dogs are playing a crucial role.
The impoverished Central Asian country is on the frontline of the heroin trade so international donors are funding a range of initiatives including training frontier guards.
Al Jazeera’s Robin Forestier-Walker met those at the forefront of the fight.