隐藏在鸦片贸易问题下面的是另外一种安全威胁，尽管这个问题对阿富汗以及该地区的长期稳定造成了严重威胁，但是自2001年美国为首发动入侵并颠覆塔利班政权以来，它从来没有被重视过。
Underlying the opium trade issue is a security threat of another kind, one overlooked since the US-led invasion toppled the Taliban regime in 2001, despite the grave risk it poses to Afghanistan’s long-term stability, and that of the region.