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245 10 a| Opium and Afghanistan :b| reassessing U.S. counternarcotics strategy /c| John A. Glaze.;

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246 30 a| Reassessing U.S. counternarcotics strategy;

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505 0 a| Background -- Afghanistan's opium economy -- Problems with Afghanistan's opium economy -- Renewed Taliban/insurgency -- Current counternarcotics strategy -- Problems with current counternarcotics strategy -- Recommendations -- Conclusion.;

520 0 a| Cultivation and production of opium in Afghanistan has skyrocketed since the Taliban were toppled in 2001such that Afghanistan now supplies 92 percent of the world's illicit opium. The expanding opium trade is threatening to destabilize the Afghan government and turn the conflict-ridden country back into a safe haven for drug traffickers and terrorists. This paper examines the nature of the opium problem in Afghanistan and analyzes the allied strategy to counter this growing crisis. In analyzing the current counternarcotics strategy, it points out pitfalls including the counterproductive aspects of opium eradication. Finally, changes to the strategy are proposed, which include increasing troop levels and eliminating national restrictions, substantially increasing financial aid, deemphasizing opium eradication, focusing on long-term alternative livelihoods, aggressively pursuing drug kingpins and corrupt government officials, and exploring the possibility of Afghanistan's entry to the licit opium market.;

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Opium and Afghanistan : reassessing U.S. counternarcotics strategy / John A. Glaze.

Author/creator	Glaze, John A.
Other author	Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2007]
Description	v, 18 p. : digital, PDF file
Supplemental Content	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS87491
Subjects	Opium trade--Afghanistan. Drug traffic--Afghanistan. --Prevention. Narco-terrorism--Afghanistan. --Prevention. Drug control--Afghanistan. Afghanistan--Politics and government. --2001-2021.

Variant title	Opium and Afghanistan : reassessing United States counternarcotics strategy
Portion of title	Reassessing U.S. counternarcotics strategy
Series	Carlisle papers in security strategy Carlisle papers in security strategy. ^A581066
Contents	Background -- Afghanistan's opium economy -- Problems with Afghanistan's opium economy -- Renewed Taliban/insurgency -- Current counternarcotics strategy -- Problems with current counternarcotics strategy -- Recommendations -- Conclusion.
Subject	Cultivation and production of opium in Afghanistan has skyrocketed since the Taliban were toppled in 2001such that Afghanistan now supplies 92 percent of the world's illicit opium. The expanding opium trade is threatening to destabilize the Afghan government and turn the conflict-ridden country back into a safe haven for drug traffickers and terrorists. This paper examines the nature of the opium problem in Afghanistan and analyzes the allied strategy to counter this growing crisis. In analyzing the current counternarcotics strategy, it points out pitfalls including the counterproductive aspects of opium eradication. Finally, changes to the strategy are proposed, which include increasing troop levels and eliminating national restrictions, substantially increasing financial aid, deemphasizing opium eradication, focusing on long-term alternative livelihoods, aggressively pursuing drug kingpins and corrupt government officials, and exploring the possibility of Afghanistan's entry to the licit opium market.
General note	Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 30, 2007).
General note	"October 2007."
General note	GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-18).
Technical details	Mode of access: Internet. Address as of 10/30/07: http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB804.pdf; current access available via PURL.
GPO item number	0307-A-48 (online)
Govt. docs number	D 101.146/10:OP 3

Opium and Afghanistan : reassessing U.S. counternarcotics strategy / John A. Glaze.

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