He told RIA Novosti about this.

“During the twenty-year stay in this country of the United States and its NATO allies, Afghanistan has turned into a drug state: the volume of illicit production of opiates has increased almost 40 times compared to the level of 2001.

In addition, it has become the largest laboratory for the production of methamphetamine,” said Tarabrin.

Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov said that despite the fact that the United States "took off" the country, they cannot erase their guilt for its troubles.