Member of Uzbekistan's national security service, the SNB, stands guard during an operation to destroy...
A member of Uzbekistan's national security service, the SNB, stands guard during an operation to destroy drugs at a metallurgical plant outside the capital Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 25, 2015. Drug enforcement officers in Uzbekistan burned 1.4 tonnes of drugs on Thursday, as Central Asia's most populous nation fights to stem the flow of narcotics from neighbouring Afghanistan to Russia and further on to Europe. Heaps of drugs, including 133.3 kilos (294 pounds) of heroin and 775 kilos (1,709 pounds) of opium, were incinerated in a furnace at a metallurgical plant outside the Uzbek capital Tashkent before an audience of diplomats, workers at international organisations and reporters. REUTERS/Muhammadsharif Mamatkulov