KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The worst three weeks of violence since the fall of the Taliban have left more than 500 people dead, the U.S.-led coalition said Saturday.

Fighting on Saturday killed six insurgents and three police, officials said. Late Friday, a top Afghan intelligence agent narrowly survived a bomb attack on his convoy that killed three other people near the capital, Kabul.

Much of the recent Taliban fighting is believed funded by the country’s $2.8 billion trade in opium and heroin – about 90 percent of the world’s supply.
guardian.co.uk

And who runs the global heroin trade?

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