Some 1,800 international coalition troops have been killed in Afghanistan, including 1,100 Americans.
Speaking at an anti-drug conference in Moscow, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Maria Costa, said that the world's largest consumer of Afghan drugs is Russia, where more than 70 tonnes of heroin are sold annually.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the conference that heroin is seen as a "serious threat" to Russian youth.
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