Narcostan

This is a story all of us know, but none of us really know. Until now. This is the story of the Afghan War.‍

Drugs fuelled so much of the fighting in Afghanistan, yet everyone from poppy farmer to President relied on them. 50% of the Afghan economy was drugs. And 90% percent of the world’s opium now comes from this long-suffering land.

But a small band of American, British and allied counter-narcotics cops tried to change that. They launched a series of operations targeting the Taliban’s drug kings, but found so, so much more...

Soon everybody, not just the Taliban, was their enemy.

Ironbark Media’s Max Walker researched the conflict and its characters for a decade, living and working in Afghanistan himself. He tells a story of heroin and heroism in unequal and unexpected doses...