Afghanistan : drug trafficking and the 2014 transition / Liana Rosen ; Kenneth Katzman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [Place of publication not identified] : Congressional Research Service, 2014.Description: 22 pages : color maps ; 30 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet HV5840. A23.
Summary: Summary: “Afghanistan is the world’s primary source of opium poppy cultivation and opium and heroin production, as well as a major global source of cannabis (marijuana) and cannabis resin (hashish). Drug trafficking, a long-standing feature of Afghanistan’s post-Taliban political economy, is linked to corruption and insecurity, and provides a source of illicit finance for non-state armed groups. Based on recent production and trafficking trends, the drug problem in Afghanistan appears to be worsening—just as the U.S. government finalizes plans for its future relationship with the government of Afghanistan in 2015 and beyond and reduces its counternarcotics operational presence in the country to Kabul…”—(page summary).
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Cover title.
“May 9, 2014”.
“Congressional Research Service ; Informing the legislative debate since 1914”—at head of title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: “Afghanistan is the world’s primary source of opium poppy cultivation and opium and heroin production, as well as a major global source of cannabis (marijuana) and cannabis resin (hashish). Drug trafficking, a long-standing feature of Afghanistan’s post-Taliban political economy, is linked to corruption and insecurity, and provides a source of illicit finance for non-state armed groups. Based on recent production and trafficking trends, the drug problem in Afghanistan appears to be worsening—just as the U.S. government finalizes plans for its future relationship with the government of Afghanistan in 2015 and beyond and reduces its counternarcotics operational presence in the country to Kabul…”—(page summary).

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