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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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Pamphlet HV5840.A23.R684 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000548189
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Pamphlet HV5840.A23.T333 2005 Drug use and harm reduction in Afghanistan : Pamphlet HV5840.A23.A336 2010 Afghanistan cannabis survey 2009 / Pamphlet HV5840.A23.A336 2011 Afghanistan cannabis survey 2010 / Pamphlet HV5840.A23.R684 2014 Afghanistan : Pamphlet HV5840.A23.B733 2019 Known unknowns and unknown knowns : Pamphlet RA541.A3.M378 2020 On shaky grounds : Pamphlet DS371.4.T395 2011 Afghanistan : the timetable for security transition /

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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