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15: 08 GMT-updated 25 January 2013  the Afghanistan is one of the largest global producers of the Afghanistan opium more large private airline, Kam Air, was banned from receiving US military contracts in the midst of allegations of drug trafficking, officials say.

The U.S. military said it conducted a survey which showed that Kam Air transport of large quantities of opium on civilian flights to neighbouring Tajikistan.

The countries of Central Asia is a transit route key used by drug traffickers.

Owner of the airline firmly denied the allegations.

Zemary Kamgar said that he was consulting with his lawyers on the move to the United States and that his legal team would establish a means of defence.

Update the index of Kam Air appeared to light in an article published in the Wall Street Journal Friday.

Corresponding say Kam Air is the first Afghan major company sanctioned by the US Army over allegations of drugs.

It is not known exactly how much business the company - which correspondents say has mounting debts - will lose after moving to the United States.

Lester Carroll American army spokesman told the BBC that the decision to blacklist Kam Air was taken after an investigation was made into allegations of drug trafficking.

"The Commander of the Central Command authorized the contracting organizations not to do business with Kam Air based on the information that was in the inquiry," he said.

M. Kamgar said the allegations were "insulting to thorough security checks" conducted by the Afghan and Tajik.

He said that although he had not received a written confirmation from United States moves against Kam Air, the index may also be the work of hungry competitors in the transportation of military equipment.

Allegations of drug trafficking have also been strongly denied by the Afghan Transport Minister Daud Ali Najafi who told the BBC that security at Kabul international airport controls are very tight.

Officials say it would be impossible to Kam Air systematically ignore the security at the Kabul airport

"It is impossible to the drug using civilian flights," he said, "because the private airport security company checks all members of the crew, baggage, passengers and the aircraft itself before the authorization is granted for all flights [to fly]."

Correspondents say that the American movement comes at a time of concern among Western countries more and more to the Afghanistan booming drug trade.

While a report bythe United Nations Office on drugs and Crime (UNODC) in November, said the opium production in Afghanistan had fallen by a third, it also said that the area of land used to cultivate crops increased by 18%.

Kam Air operates a fleet of some 16 aircraft, including cargo planes s Boeing 767 and 747 - and Antonov aircraft that fly to many destinations.

Its only regular Asian passenger route is located between Kabul and Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, a country whose porous borders and political instability experts say makes it a popular transit point for drug traffickers.