Big drug trafficker sentenced in Afghanistan

The Guardian reports that a big drug trafficker, Haji Abdullah, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for his involvement in the opium trade.
The article argues that this marks an important development as until now, big traffickers were not arrested and were let go free.
However, we need to wait to see what will happen with this "big fish": he might well be released soon, as others have been, under political pressure. Moreover, big traffickers are arrested now and then just so that the government can pretend they're doing something against drugs, but in fact it doesn't mean much if only a few arrests are made now and then.